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Saving Birds From Invasive … Plants?

10,000 Birds

In the case of Midway, a National Wildlife Refuge , the offending species is Golden Crownbeard ( Verbesina enceliolides ) , an innocuous-looking flower that’s native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Between 2012 and 2013, populations of Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses at Midway reached near-record levels.

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