Northeast Florida is part of the Atlantic Flyway, a predetermined path that birds migrate along the East Coast. “The artificial light from the big cities tends to confuse them, they have trouble navigating through the cities, they collide with buildings, they fly around in circles, they get exhausted and just drop on the ground," Antman said. Watch on Show Transcript + Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate through the U.S., mostly under the cover of darkness. Migrating at night comes with challenge - one of the biggest being artificial lights from cities.
“They migrate in the dark to avoid predators and they use the light from the moon and stars to navigate," explained Carolyn Antman, with the Duval Audubon Society. Johns County Audubon society and the Jacksonville Zoo are launching a new program called “Lights Out Northeast Florida.” Did you know that leaving your outside lights on at night during the fall and spring season can impact a bird’s migration journey Billions of birds migrate south for.
The theme for that year was Dim the Lights for Birds at Night, focusing on the impact of light pollution on migratory birds. and Canada and October 8th in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. To help, the Duval Audubon society, the St. Audubon was a proud sponsor of World Migratory Bird Day 2022, celebrated May 14th in the U.S. – Did you know that leaving your outside lights on at night during the fall and spring season can impact a bird’s migration journey?īillions of birds migrate south for the winter and north for the summer ever year, and 70-80% of those birds migrate at night.
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