hope is the thing with feathers: Light pollution influences the seasonal start of bird vocalisations

Friday, March 20, 2015

Light pollution influences the seasonal start of bird vocalisations

"A negative impact of artificial night lighting on natural populations is now widely recognised and no longer contested. Artificial light at night attracts nocturnal animals, including migrating birds. This can lead to disorientation and is the cause of death of many birds that crash into the lighted objects."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-pollution-seasonal-bird-vocalisations.html#jCpA negative impact of artificial night lighting on natural populations is now widely recognised and no longer contested. Artificial light at night attracts nocturnal animals, including migrating birds. This can lead to disorientation and is the cause of death of many birds that crash into the lighted objects.

A negative impact of artificial night lighting on natural populations is now widely recognised and no longer contested. Artificial light at night attracts nocturnal animals, including migrating birds. This can lead to disorientation and is the cause of death of many birds that crash into the lighted objects.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-pollution-seasonal-bird-vocalisations.html#jCp

Full article here:
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-pollution-seasonal-bird-vocalisations.html

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242 total found to date; 56 confirmed species

24 ruby-throated hummingbird

21 american robin

15 gray catbird

14 mourning dove

9 dark-eyed junco

9 white-throated sparrow

8 golden-crowned kinglet

8 cedar waxwing

6 song sparrow

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1 black-throated blue warbler

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1 hermit thrush

1 american goldfinch

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