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Posts Tagged → Light pollution

Light pollution has lengthened birds’ days by nearly an hour

posted in Birds on August 25, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

From NPR:

“For these birds, effectively their day is almost an hour longer. They start vocalizing about 20 minutes earlier in the morning and they stop vocalizing about 30 minutes later in the evening,” says Neil Gilbert, a wildlife ecologist with Oklahoma State University.

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