Bird migration

The Gateway Arch’s new, LED lighting system will turn on each night with a dramatic, 30-second sequence. Officials say the lights will save energy and pose less of a threat to migrating birds.

In North America, up to 10 billion birds fly up to 20,000 miles round-trip each spring and fall.

Listener-funded effort will help prevent glass strikes for migratory birds at STLPR’s home in Grand Center.

Climate change is making some birds migrate sooner than others to match peak insect populations.

The annual Christmas Bird Count runs from Wednesday through Jan. 5. The longest-running citizen science tradition in the nation, it will allow bird watchers to see if there is decline in bird species across the St. Louis region due to avian influenza and global warming.

St. Louis Public Radio hopes to raise money to spare birds from deadly collisions with its building.

The number of trumpeter swans spotted at the Audubon Center at Riverlands in West Alton has swelled in recent decades, from just five in 1991 to nearly 900 last year.

When migrating songbirds get to a major city like St. Louis, light pollution can cause them to become disoriented or exhausted, and sometimes die. A new effort seeks to address the problem by encouraging businesses and individuals in the Midwest to turn off exterior lights during May and September.

For Joe Hoffmann, spring is like the dinner rush at a restaurant. But instead of customers, there are rows of hungry baby birds, demanding to be fed.“It’s…

The Arch lights will be turned off May 1-15, 2022.