10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. Since their habitat has been destroyed, wildlife become displaced and must spend more time searching for food, water and shelter. This is about 35 miles West of my home.

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Wildlife Sacramento Shelters Science 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Those conditions shape entire ecological communities, which we birders tend to think of broadly as “habitat,” including the plants that birds need for shelter, nesting substrates, and food, and the other species that interact with birds in their environments, from predators to competitors to food sources like insects or fish.

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Species Science Los Angeles Birds 230

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Nonprofit organizations, science, and the best intentions in the world came to the rescue with a captive breeding program, and we now have over 400 Pink Pigeons living in Mauritius, the nearby island of Ile aux Aigrettes, and the zoos hosting the breeding program, including the Bronx Zoo. Children screamed and ran for home. Horses bolted.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 133