How Can You Help?

Take the actions listed below, especially during the critical migration months of April, May,  September, and October. Reducing lighting from midnight to dawn will have the biggest impact.

Building Owners and Managers

• Extinguish decorative exterior lighting, upward-facing lights, and atrium lighting
• If practical, ask cleaning crews to light and clean one floor at a time starting on the upper floors
• Use timers and motion-sensing controls to reduce lighting needs
• Incorporate bird-friendly building design like applying bird tape to windows

Tenants and Business Owners

• Turn off lights and draw the blinds when you leave work
• Use task lighting when working late
• Promote Lights Out Indy through social media or flyers in your office
• Contact us to sign up your business as a participant or encourage your building owner to do so

Residents and Homeowners

• Sign up with us to monitor your downtown building or block for downed birds during migration
• Volunteer to transport injured birds to a licensed bird rehabilitator
• Support bird-friendly legislation with your state and local representatives
• Spread the word to educate the public about how saving energy saves birds