Birds Just Aren’t City Slickers

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New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds.

Most ecologists had assumed that common nest predators in urban areas – such as house cats and raccoons – were destroying eggs or killing young birds in greater numbers than in rural areas. In reality, it seems…they just don’t like urban areas.

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