Date: 4/20/24 9:39 am From: Jack and Pam <00000064a46c579c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Lights Out -- film
Well said, Joe, as usual.
More is happening in this state to deal with the issue of bird/glass collisions than people may be aware. There are efforts to collect data on the impact of specific buildings and requests for volunteers to help with the monitoring.
Arkansas Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Arkansas certification program emphasizes windows in the “Reduce Hazards” section of the application form. There are now forms specifically designed for yards, places of worship, businesses with land, and businesses without land.
A major construction project is being planned here in Arkansas that will incorporate bird-friendly glass and will also consider night lighting. Perhaps this building will become a model for new construction throughout the state.
In addition, AAS has partnered with Lights Out Heartland, a collaboration of organizations from the heartland area of the USA that are working to reduce light pollution during bird migration periods.
Finally, please see my post on the upcoming “All Arkansas Audubon Chapter” meeting.
Jack StewartAAS Education Committee
On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 12:16:43 PM CDT, Joseph Neal <joeneal...> wrote:
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As I have gotten older I find more realities that cause me to tear up. I think maybe when I was younger, I was so busy trying to save Red-cockaded Woodpeckers or something like that I didn’t notice other things. I just receive my copy of Cornell Lab’s Living Bird (Spring 2024 issue). Found this link on page 6:
The film features activity in neighboring Texas, but Arkansas is right there. It applies here, too. The birds in this film are the birds we find in Arkansas.
We all want to do something for people and for birds. This short beautifully produced film points the way toward projects we could and can do, and that could annually save hundreds of millions and possibly over a billion birds.
After so many years of this, I still believe, and want to believe, people can do better. That people would all be better off, rich and poor, regardless of belief or national original, if we as people did better by the world into which we have been born.
We can do better by the creatures with whom we share this planet. We will be better if we do so.
I recommend Cornell Lab’s 7-simple actions at: bit.ly/7-simple actions
