Get Involved
Ways to Help
From turning out your lights, reporting bird-window collisions, to talking with your neighbors about what they can do to prevent collisions, there are a number ways you can get involved with Bird Safe Philly. Check back often as more opportunities will be added.
Participate in
Lights Out
Lights Out is a voluntary program that involves turning off and/or blocking as many external and internal building lights as possible at night, when bird migration is occurring during the spring and fall.
Report a Collision
Did you find an injured or dead bird that collided with a building or window? Submit your observation to our Bird Safe Philly Bird Strikes Project in iNaturalist and increase our understanding of bird collisions in Philadelphia.
Volunteer Sign-up
Bird Safe Philly is looking for volunteers to monitor for collision birds, drivers to help transport injured birds to the Schuylkill Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, volunteers to make windows safer for birds (retrofitting projects), or help Bird Safe Philly advocacy or social media. Please complete this application form if you are interested in becoming a volunteer!
Donate Now
Please consider a gift to one or more of the Bird Safe Philly organizations below that are working to save birds from collisions with buildings and glass.
Click logos to get to individual donation pages.
Events Calendar
Explore More
Explore additional resources related to bird-window collisions and the solutions that can be implemented to prevent them. Check back for more as more resources will be added.
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Lights Out Programs in the United States from National Audubon Society
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Bird Safe Homes: Making Your Windows Safe for Birds brochure, designed and produced by the Bird-window Collision Working Group.
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National Audubon Society brochure with recommendations on Making Your Home Safe for Birds (based on the regional brochure)
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BirdCast - Bird Migration Forecasts from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology