Bird-building Collision Monitoring Efforts RecognizedDecember 5, 2018This 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 […]
Lights Out Cleveland featured on Fox 8 NewsApril 27, 2018Tim 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 Birds of Lake Erie Day. Check out the clip here: […]
New migration forecast tools availableApril 10, 2018The 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, coupled it with […]
Volunteer orientation dates set for the new Lights Out Akron-Canton projectMarch 15, 2018Lights 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 St […]
Lights Out Cleveland: Monitoring & Collection Volunteers WantedFebruary 15, 2018About 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 birds’ lives. Title: […]
News 5 Cleveland features Lights Out projectNovember 9, 2017By 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 lights. These nighttime incidents leave dozens of birds injured […]
WVIZ-PBS interviews Harvey Webster & Tim Jasinski about Lights Out ClevelandOctober 25, 2017By 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 of volunteers is just one aspect […]
Cleveland.com features Lights Out Cleveland projectSeptember 29, 2017Posted 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 carrying butterfly nets […]
Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society interviews Lights Out leadersJuly 8, 2017Betsey 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: […]
WKYC posts news piece on Lights Out ClevelandMay 3, 2017Carl 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 birds, and in downtown Cleveland, it’s no […]