Lights Out for Migrating Birds

Lights Out for Migrating Birds

Wisconsinites statewide are being asked to turn off their lights tonight. 

Conservation group Save Our Songbirds says about 21 million birds will be migrating across Wisconsin overnight.  A press release from the group says the light disorients migrating birds and may draw them into urban areas.  A Lights Out Alert asks residents to turn off all non-essential outdoor lighting between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m tonight.  

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