Light Pollution

Jim Richardson

National Geographic Magazine

Artificial light from Toronto buildings confuses and traps birds, mostly low-flying songbirds. It is estimated that at least 100 million birds die each year in collisions with glass windows, baffling to birds both day and night.

Jim Richardson, "Light Pollution," in POYi Archive, Item #41848, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/41848 (accessed November 22, 2024).