![]() ![]() “For over a decade Gateway Arch’s exterior lights have been turned off for two weeks each May and September to help minimize the possible disorienting effect the lights may have on birds that migrate at night. Louis sits right beneath the Mississippi Flyway, a major migration highway,” said Jeremy Sweat, Superintendent, of Gateway Arch National Park. LOUIS-The National Park Service has announced it will not illuminate the Gateway Arch at night throughout the month of May 2023 due to the spring bird migration season. Jacksonville is the only other participating Florida city besides Miami.Contact: Pam Sanfilippo, 31 ST. cities with five others operating statewide or regional programs. Millions of migrating birds that make their way to South Florida in spring and fall face this threat as our high-rises get taller and brighter, which is why the Tropical Audubon Society has joined Audubon’s national Lights Out program. alone, making it one of the greatest human-caused threats to birds, according to the American Bird Conservancy. Now they are tired and looking for a place to rest so they see the reflection of trees in the windows and crash into them … If the buildings are dark, they fly right past them,” said Brian Rapoza of Miami’s Tropical Audubon Society.Ĭollisions with glass windows, walls and other structures kill up to a billion birds a year in the U.S. “Thousands of migrating birds (would) be seen swarming around the World Trade Center, for example. ![]() This black-and white warbler collided with a building in downtown Miami July 29, 2021.
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