NZ village turns off street lights to save bird species

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In an attempt to save a rare bird species, a New Zealand village is trialling an innovative strategy: it is switching off all its street lights to stop baby birds becoming confused and crash landing on to the road.

Westland petrels, which are blackish-brown with ivory beaks, breed only along an 8km stretch of coastal forest in the foothills near Punakaiki, a South Island town of fewer than 100 people and popular with tourists for its pancake rock formations and gushing ocean blowholes.

Local bird watchers have been enthusiastic about the move.

“It’s been great,” says Bruce Stuart-Menteath, who chairs the Westland Petrel Conservation Trust and has for many years helped relaunch disoriented birds and protect their habitat. “I’ve picked up only one this year. Typically a dozen would be the norm.”

Lighting is a documented cause of seabird fledgling “fallout” in many species, according to Haworth. “This is particularly an issue in Punakaiki, as it is close to the breeding colony and is why the street lights have been turned off this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/22/new-zealand-village-turns-off-street-lights-to-stop-birds-crash-landing-on-to-roads

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Their country must be really safe 

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58 minutes ago, Da J said:

Their country must be really safe 

You thought it was safe im over here thinking what if they have a serial killer? 

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