Before sunrise in downtown Dallas, volunteers gather in near silence, scanning sidewalks and glass towers for signs of birds that didn’t survive the night’s migration.
Those early morning walks are part of a coordinated effort led this spring by Lights Out, Dallas! and partner groups to document and reduce bird collisions across North Texas.
The migration surveys, running from March 16 through May 31, invite residents to take part in hands-on conservation work.
Volunteers meet at 6 a.m., Sunday through Friday, at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science parking lot before heading out along designated routes. Their goal is to document injured or dead birds, track collision patterns and contribute to a growing body of data used by researchers and conservationists.
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