Bird-Safe Buildings Fact Sheet
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Legislation
- Mitigating Light Pollution: Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have light pollution reduction laws, with Oregon’s HB 3119 and Connecticut’s HB 5289 as recent examples.
- Bird-Safe Construction Measures: States can adopt bird-safe measures that new construction must follow and mandate that building renovations comply with bird-safe standards, such as HF 1984 of Minnesota (2015).
- The Lights Out Initiative: Cities across the country have established chapters promoting the reduction of household light usage during peak migration periods to reduce the rate of bird-building collisions.
- Federal Example: HR 919 , the bipartisan Bird-Safe Buildings Act, passed the House in 2020 and can serve as a bipartisan framework of policy that states may follow.
Quarterly Impact Report
Quarterly Impact Report – June 2026
Nature-Based Solutions Policy Options
Bird Safe Building Guidelines - Audubon
The Audubon Society’s Guidelines for Bird-Safe Buildings provide strategies and techniques to improve existing and new buildings.
Factors influencing bird-building collisions in the downtown area of a major North American city
A Public Library of Science report highlights leading factors in bird-building collisions.
Artificial Lighting and Bird Migration - Audubon
An Audubon Society's article on how artificial light is attributed with delaying the migration times of many of America’s migratory birds.
Bird–building collisions in the United States - Ornithological Applications
Ornithological Applications report found that several species listed as Birds of Conservation Concern are especially vulnerable to bird-building collisions
How ‘dark sky’ designations are giving communities new tourism appeal - Washington Post
A Washington Post article shows that lights out initiatives may benefit both tourism and bird safety.
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