{"id":428095,"date":"2026-09-06T14:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428095\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T14:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:38:29","slug":"migrating-birds-in-texas-need-darker-nights-and-you-can-help-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428095\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating birds in Texas need darker nights and you can help \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Worth is asking residents to help protect migrating birds as millions pass through Texas this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial light can draw migrating birds off course, but residents can help by turning off or dimming outdoor lights between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can do the following to help protect migrating birds:<\/p>\n<p>Turn off or dim outdoor lights between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Close blinds or curtains to reduce light shining through windows.<\/p>\n<p>Limit landscape lighting that illuminates trees, gardens and other areas where birds may rest.<\/p>\n<p>Use timers or motion sensors so outdoor lights are only on when needed<\/p>\n<p>Reducing unnecessary light at night throughout the city helps migrating birds stay on course as they make their way.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth officials said you don&#8217;t have to live or work downtown to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth is asking residents to help protect migrating birds as millions pass through Texas this fall. Artificial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-428095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}