Seattle Residents for Fair Field Lighting
"Fields For All - Not Just Some"

Artificial Light Harms Migratory Birds, Wildlife Habitat


Belluck, Pam. City Lights, a Siren's Song for Birds, Are Dimmed. The New York Times. May 15, 2001. [Summary: Downtown Chicago high rises are diming their lights at night to help prevent deaths of migratory birds.]

Bower, Joe. The Dark Side of Light. Audubon (March-April 2000), pp. 92-97.

Evans Ogden, Leslie J. Collision Course: The Hazards of Lighted Structures and Windows to Migrating Birds. Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). 1996. Available at www.flap.org.

International Dark Sky Association. Environmental Effects of Light http://www.darksky.org/ida/links/enviro.html

Mueller, Robert P., Duane A. Nietzel, Brett G. Amidan, Evaluation of Infrasound and Strobe Lights to Elicit Avoidance Behavior in Juvenile Salmon and Char, Annual Report (DOE/BP-00029-6) to Bonneville Power Administration, 1999.

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