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As part of City Wildlife’s Lights Out DC campaign, volunteers walk a prescribed route in Washington, during the early morning hours, looking for birds that have flown into buildings. Ideally, volunteers commit to covering the 2-hour route at least once a week during April and May (peak spring bird migration time).
Data collected from picking up dead and injured birds helps build the case for turning off unnecessary lights at night to prevent bird collisions with buildings. Injured birds are transported to a wildlife rehabilitation facility and dead birds are collected.
For more information on how to become a volunteer for this important project, send an email to info@citywildlife.org.
Migratory bird populations are decreasing and at risk. Collisions with buildings kill more birds than any other single factor, and nocturnal migrants (most neo-tropical songbirds fly at night) are attracted to artificial lights. In an effort to do as much as we can to save these birds, Lights Out DC is asking that taller buildings turn off unnecessary lights during peak migration seasons and is collecting data to build their case. The Lights Out DC program is patterned after similar successful programs already established in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Minneapolis, and other cities.
The majority of City Wildlife’s work will be done by volunteers who contribute their time by:
Consider training to become a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for City Wildlife.
Members will receive City Wildlife's e-newsletter, exclusive e-updates, and a one-of-a-kind member gift.
Membership levels:
Additional donation amounts are welcome. All donations of $35 or more will be considered a membership donation and will qualify one, or more, for any related membership privileges.
Click on the "donate now" image above to donate online, or mail a check to City Wildlife Membership, P.O. Box 40456, Washington, DC 20016.
Once work has started on the new rehabilitation center, City Wildlife will be in great need of donated goods such as old towels, laundry detergent, or bleach, for example. Check back again soon for our wish list of items.
Books on wildlife, and living harmoniously with nature, can be purchased through City Wildlife’s Amazon store. A small percentage of each sale goes to City Wildlife, and if you enter amazon.com through the powered by amazon.com logo in the upper right-hand corner of City Wildlife’s store, ANY purchase you make through Amazon benefits City Wildlife at no extra cost to you! This means that you can shop as you normally do with Amazon and do something good for City Wildlife without having to sacrifice a thing. It's easy. Please think of us next time you shop.
