IT’S PEAK BIRD MIGRATION SEASON IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. SCIENTISTS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO TURN OUT THEIR LIGHTS AT NIGHT TO HELP BIRDS SURVIVE THE TRIP. ON NIGHTS WITH FAVORABLE WIND, TENS OF MILLIONS OF BIRDS FLY OVER KANSAS AND MISSOURI THIS TIME OF YEAR. CORNELL UNIVERSITY LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY SCIENTIST ANDREW FARNSWORTH SAYS TO TURN OFF ANY OUTDOOR LIGHTS YOU CAN AND TO USE CURTAINS TO KEEP INDOOR LIGHT INDOORS. USING AS LITTLE LIGHT AS POSSIBLE AT NIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS BIRDS NOT TO BE ATTRACTED OR DISORIENTED.
NORTH AMERICA’S BIRD POPULATION IS DROPPING DRAMATICALLY, AND MIGRATION IS A VULNERABLE TIME. ON NIGHTS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND TAILWINDS, TENS OF MILLIONS OF BIRDS MIGRATE OVER OUR REGION. THE CORNELL ORNITHOLOGISTS PREDICT HEAVY MIGRATION OVER KANSAS AND MISSOURI WEDNESDAY NIGHT, CONSIDERED THE PEAK OF THE BIRD MIGRATION SEASON.
