09/09/2026
So you’re telling me they’re activating massive pillars of light on the summit of Mount Washington for the 9/11 memorial during the peak of fall bird migration??? This type of artificial light has been so thoroughly documented to disrupt nocturnal migrating birds that NYC literally has a protocol to shut the memorial lights off when birds begin getting trapped in the beams. I'm wondering whether the impact on migrating birds was even considered at all.