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Lights Out Akron making city skies a safer space for migratory birds

Lights Out Akron making city skies a safer space for migratory birds

While the city of Akron still sleeps, volunteers are out armed with flashlights searching, no matter the weather.

This is Lights Out Akron – part of a statewide initiative that also includes Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Cincinnati and the Miami Valley. Lights Out does this every spring and fall as millions of birds migrate through Ohio during the night.

shumar.3 December 1, 2023February 15, 2024 Uncategorized Read more

Tim Jasinksi featured on the ECO SPEAKS CLE podcast

Tim Jasinksi featured on the ECO SPEAKS CLE podcast

Tim Jasinski, Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist with the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center was recently on the ECO Speaks CLE podcast to talk about Lights Out Cleveland: Show Notes: What if there was a way to save thousands of innocent

shumar.3 October 4, 2023February 15, 2024 Uncategorized Read more

Bird rescue group patrolling downtown Cleveland streets through spring migration

Bird rescue group patrolling downtown Cleveland streets through spring migration

Lights Out Cleveland volunteers begin their day at five or six a.m. and their work is done by eight-thirty in the morning during migration season.
“The birds that live here know where the buildings are,” said volunteer Rich Nicholls, “but the ones that are migrating, they get confused.”

shumar.3 May 15, 2023May 31, 2023 Uncategorized Read more

Cleveland is a bird collision hot spot

Cleveland is a bird collision hot spot

We’re entering the heart of spring migration season, when millions of birds travel north for feeding and breeding. Driving the news: Cleveland is an important pit stop, as species recharge and refuel before the aerial trek across Lake Erie. That makes Northeast Ohio both a mecca for birdwatching and…

shumar.3 April 4, 2023May 31, 2023 Uncategorized Read more

Saving migrating songbirds in downtown Columbus

Saving migrating songbirds in downtown Columbus

This month marks the start of the spring migration season, when millions of songbirds travel through Central Ohio. Unfortunately, many won’t reach their destinations because they’ll collide with buildings — a deadly problem a group of volunteers wants to help solve.

shumar.3 March 27, 2023May 31, 2023 Uncategorized Read more

Matthew Shumar (OBCI) & Grant Sizemore (ABC) interviewed for Growing Greener podcast

Matthew Shumar (OBCI) & Grant Sizemore (ABC) interviewed for Growing Greener podcast

Grant Sizemore of the American Bird Conservancy details how house cats can coexist with garden birds, and Matthew Shumar of the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative describes how to make your yard more bird safe

shumar.3 May 13, 2020February 24, 2022 Uncategorized Read more

About Ohio Lights Out

Ohio Lights Out is a network of regional programs aimed at 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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