![]() Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and Downtown Dallas Inc participated during the peak of the 2020 fall migration. The program gained momentum last fall with the support of Dallas and Houston conservation groups, including Dallas-based Texas Conservation Alliance and Texan by Nature. Houston and Dallas ranked second and third respectively. cities for migrating birds due to light pollution. The Lights Out Texas program evolved after BirdCast, a consortium of researchers, identified the top most dangerous U.S. Light attracts and disorients these night-flying birds, which can exhaust them as well as cause collisions with buildings. They use the moon and the stars to navigate. Most migrating birds, including songbirds like warblers, thrushes and sparrows, migrate at night, according to. That adds up to about two billion birds traveling through Texas annually. in spring and one out of every four in fall passes through the Lone Star State to and from their winter homes in South Texas and Central and South America. The Texas initiative is critical because one of every three birds migrating through the U.S. Lights Out Texas launched last spring, led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “Turning the lights out in other populated areas of the city such as shopping centers and outdoor sports venues will also make a huge contribution.” “This is a great educational opportunity for our entire community to take one proactive step to protect these migrating bird populations,” said Cody Whittenburg, environmental manager for the City of Fort Worth. So far, 11 Fort Worth downtown businesses have committed to dimming their lights from midnight to 6 a.m. This week, the city of Fort Worth announced a partnership with Downtown Fort Worth Inc to turn off downtown lights as part of a statewide initiative known as Lights Out Texas. A program launched last year to help migrating birds is gaining momentum in North Texas. ![]()
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