from North America only.
we're going in the wrong direction with songbirds,
in saving energy and money.
About 80% of North American migratory birds
to help reduce building collisions overall
the following day.
- Bird losses are at an incredible high right now.
or communications towers or even people's residences.
but it's also beneficial
migrating in the U.S. every year passes through Texas,
The last 50 years, we've lost about 3 billion birds
are estimated to die in building collisions.
So by impacting light pollution,
just enormous numbers of birds.
with forest birds, with prairie birds.
reducing the amount of it, we can do our part
- Every year, hundreds of millions of birds
- They face two problems related to light pollution.
benefit migratory birds, and other wildlife species,
And one of the factors involved in building collisions
it brings them in close proximity to areas
We're talking about 1 to 2 billion birds
A very simple concept of turning out light at night
where they're attracted and disoriented by light
- You know, what's the worst that could happen?
make their journey at night.
this particular collision problem
and come up with solutions together.
and protect these birds.
could have tremendous impact in the positive
Oh, that's great.
- [Andrew] We know Texas is incredibly important for birds.
dozens of organizations supporting across the state.
That's something that I'm very proud of.
from a business operations standpoint
And the big benefit is we can help understand
We save some energy? We see some stars?
for safeguarding birds as they're passing.
- All the trend data show
If you want to know, "Well, what can I do?"
we've seen some incredible response
We can tell you how many.
that are passing on a given night