Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights was Originally Posted on October 23, 2010 by

I like the TV show Friday Night Lights, a series concerning a football team in Texas.

Hawaii also likes sports, but a national news item today causes one to pause.

According to Thespec.Com: “It is a frequent sight during autumn evenings on the island of Kauai: Young seabirds mistake football stadium lights for the moon and stars during their migration to the ocean, causing them to become disoriented, fall from the sky and die.

The bird die-off has become such a problem that school officials cancelled Friday night football for the season on Kauai and moved the games to Saturday afternoon.

In actuality, they often die when they drop from the air and are eaten by cats.

Some people are complaining because the kids have nothing else to do at night and there is heat during the day games. However, the officials are trying to help save endangered birds.

Perhaps we need to have politicians stand near the bright lights and wave signs at the birds….