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Birds are beginning to migrate north. The Great Lakes flyway means a large number of those birds will be flying over Michigan. It also means at night birds will be crashing into buildings with lights on. Artificial light confuses them.
Ben Winger is in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan.
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“And a city that produces a lot of artificial light at night from building and industry in a place with a lot of bird migration is going to have a high risk for bird mortality,” said Ben Winger, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan.
The Michigan Senate voted along party lines Thursday to authorize a lawsuit against Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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