MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin residents are being urged to turn off non-essential lights Wednesday night to help migrating birds.
Bird conservation groups say roughly twenty-one million birds will be migrating through Wisconsin overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
Residents, businesses and municipal officials are being urged to turn off non-essential outdoor lights from 11pm Wednesday until 6am Thursday. Most migrating birds fly at night and the glow from lights can disorient them and attract them to land in urban areas where they face greater threats, including window collisions.
Lights Out Alerts are also issued for eastern Wisconsin Tuesday night and Northern Wisconsin Thursday night.