STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Peak migration season saw nearly 2 million birds fly over New York Tuesday night, said the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y., but authorities stressed that light pollution continues to place a “significant impact” on the ability of birds to migrate safely at night.
“According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, an estimated 1,982,900 birds flew over the state of New York last night. We’re not kidding,” wrote the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s northeast region on Twitter. “On any given night during peak migration season, millions of birds are in flight across the country.”
The agency encouraged residents to turn off interior and exterior building lights at night on Oct. 8 — World Migratory Bird Day — to help reduce the chance for bird collisions.
“It’s peak fall migration! Please help our feathered friends safely journey through our city — make your windows bird-safe (you can add fun decals!) and turn off non-essential lights at night to reduce the chance of bird collisions,” said the city Parks Department on Twitter.
A new first-of-its-kind digital tracker that maps the flight of hundreds of migratory paths across the United States now allows Staten Islanders to see which birds are traveling over the borough and where they came from.
The collaborative effort, completed by the National Audubon Society and nine partner organizations, combines data from 458 bird species that breed in the U.S. and Canada and presents an unprecedented look at the extent of migration patterns that span across hemispheres.
Users can learn about specific species, see their unique paths and see the time it takes for an individual bird to make its way through a migration.
By searching a location — like Staten Island — the tool shows countries connected to geographic areas. Birds from Venezuela, Paraguay, Guyana and dozens of other countries pass through the borough each year, according to the explorer.
More than 300 individual bird species migrate through Staten Island, the mapper shows, underscoring the vibrancy and diversity of species throughout the borough.
Here’s an explainer on how to use the tool.
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