Saturday, June 16, 2007

Declining Bird Population


Undernews - 20 SPECIES OF COMMON BIRDS HAVE LOST HALF THEIR POPULATION

Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Population of Vermont state bird down 63 percent
Suburban sprawl, climate change and other invasive species are largely to blame, said the study's author Greg Butcher of the National Audubon Society.

In Vermont, suburban development has overtaken acres of pastures, forests and wetlands. Early season hay-cutting also destroys nests...

John James Audubon on the hermit thrush.

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