New York is the city that never sleeps, and the fact that its buildings' lights rarely go off is prompting bird advocates to raise awareness of migrating birds - and how they tend to crash into skyscraper windows - to building owners, building maintenance employees, and everyday citizens. The NYC branch of the Audobon has created Project Safe Flight, which outlines the problems with birds and skyscrapers and even explains how to rescue a bird that has hit a window. We found this quote from the NY Post sad and funny at the same time, "During the day, the birds are fooled by windows that reflect the sky or parks. Some try to land on lush-looking trees or plants just on the other side of a window." One of the biggest problems is that building cleaners tend to sweep all birds into the gutters - dead and alives ones that have just been shocked from their crashes - so Project Safe Flight is working on educating Midtown building staffs and building a volunteer base. Okay, fine, that Windexad isn't looking funny anymore.
The Mayor will be asking buildings to turn their lights off at night in "Lights Out New York" which sound more like an announcement during brown outs on May 16. And please note that this Post link was from Monday, BSIITP (Before Serious Internet Issues With The Post).
