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GOD'S CARE

New York City, often called 'The City That Never Sleeps,' will darken the lights of the Manhattan skyline after midnight to help save migrating birds. Civic leaders in New York reached a decision to turnoff the lights of buildings above the 40th floor during the spring and fall migration season to protect birds. Experts have calculated that more than 4,000 birds have been killed or injured due to collisions with buildings since 1997.

New York City's Audubon Director, E.J. Adams said, "New York City is this nexus of ancient migratory flyways, and the parks have become these havens for these birds, but the buildings with their light draw birds to them, sort of like moths to a flame." Officials expect at least 95 percent of building owners to participate. Officials reassured those who lamented dimming the famous skyline that it would only occur for a couple of months a year and would save energy.

—Reuters, Skyscrapers dim lights to save birds, September 21, 2005. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

Matthew 6:26 (NET) "Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, or harvest, or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are?"