[wisb] Lowly Cowbirds, Polk County
- From: Jeff Virant <rainbow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 19:18:02 -0600
Hi all,
I just wanted to supply a link to an article in the most recent Nature
Conservancy magazine about the much-maligned cowbird. I found it very
educational from the perspective of habitat preservation to the extent that the
cowbird proliferation seems to reflect habitat destruction. The article makes a
point about the fact that the cowbird is indeed just being a cowbird, no more
and no less, and that human behavior is probably responsible for its
proliferation. My limited resources suggest that the cowbird is a New World
bird, so that would further support the theory that its proliferation is our
doing. Here's the link: http://magazine.nature.org/features/the-mafia-birds.xml
At any rate, best birding.
Jeff Virant
Deer Park, WI (Polk County)
rainbow@xxxxxxxxxxx
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