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Bird-building Collision Monitoring Efforts Recognized

Bird-building Collision Monitoring Efforts Recognized

This past spring, students from the Ornithology Club at The Ohio State University developed a campus-wide monitoring program to check for bird-building collisions during spring and fall migration. Club co-presidents Kandace Glanville and Tyler Ficker collaborated with Chris Tonra (Assistant

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Lights Out Cleveland featured on Fox 8 News

Lights Out Cleveland featured on Fox 8 News

Tim Jasinski from the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, along with Harvey Webster from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History were in the Fox 8 Cleveland studios this morning promoting the Lights Out Cleveland effort and the 3rd Annual

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New migration forecast tools available

New migration forecast tools available

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology recently released some new tools to better track bird migration, which could be very useful for volunteers participating in Lights Out monitoring efforts. Visit birdcast.info to explore the tools. They’ve boiled down decades of migration science,

obcicoordinator April 10, 2018January 11, 2019 Uncategorized Read more

Volunteer orientation dates set for the new Lights Out Akron-Canton project

Volunteer orientation dates set for the new Lights Out Akron-Canton project

Lights Out Akron-Canton has scheduled the first set of volunteer orientations! We will most likely have a couple more after the monitoring season has begun.   Volunteer Orientations: Canton: Monday, March 19th at 6:30pm. Location: Exploration Gateway, Science Classroom Address: 5712 12th

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Lights Out Cleveland: Monitoring & Collection Volunteers Wanted

Lights Out Cleveland: Monitoring & Collection Volunteers Wanted

About Lights Out Cleveland: Lights Out Cleveland is a group of local partnering organizations working together to create awareness about the effects brightly lit buildings have on nocturnally migrating birds. Through this awareness we will create change and save migrating

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News 5 Cleveland features Lights Out project

News 5 Cleveland features Lights Out project

By Lauren Wilson – News 5 Cleveland CLEVELAND – It’s that time of year again, birds of all kinds start to migrate out of Ohio in droves, but they face a threat along their way—collisions into buildings beaming with bright

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WVIZ-PBS interviews Harvey Webster & Tim Jasinski about Lights Out Cleveland

WVIZ-PBS interviews Harvey Webster & Tim Jasinski about Lights Out Cleveland

By Gabriel Kramer – WVIZ-IdeaStream Every spring and fall, millions of birds migrate over Ohio but they face a threat along their way — nighttime collisions with brightly lit buildings that leave birds either injured or dead. Tim Jasinski’s group

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Cleveland.com features Lights Out Cleveland project

Cleveland.com features Lights Out Cleveland project

Posted on September 29, 2017 at 12:28 PM By James F. McCarty, The Plain Dealer –  jmccarty@plaind.com   CLEVELAND, Ohio — In the predawn darkness on a steamy mid-September morning, hours before the downtown sidewalks bustle with commuters, a dozen people

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Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society interviews Lights Out leaders

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society interviews Lights Out leaders

Betsey Merkel (Web and Marketing, Western Cuyahoga Audubon) recently discussed Lights Out with Matthew Shumar (Program Coordinator, Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative) and Amy LeMonds (Director of Wildlife, Lake Erie Nature and Science Center). Check out the interviews below:    

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WKYC posts news piece on Lights Out Cleveland

WKYC posts news piece on Lights Out Cleveland

Carl Bachtel, WKYC 5:47 PM. EDT May 03, 2017 CLEVELAND – Cemeteries are places people find their final rest. For birds, these green spaces in cities can save their lives. Birders have long known these gardens of stone attract migrating

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  • Lights Out Cleveland featured on Fox 8 News
  • New migration forecast tools available
  • Volunteer orientation dates set for the new Lights Out Akron-Canton project
  • Lights Out Cleveland: Monitoring & Collection Volunteers Wanted

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Ohio Lights Out is a network of regional programs aimed making urban landscapes safer for migratory birds. Lights Out is coordinated by the Ohio Bird Conservation, but is successful only through the collaboration & effort of dozens of organizations.

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