This is the issue with the blurb about disappearing habitat for nesting birds. It is a two page spread about 3 types of birds with maps... The common Loon, the Baird sparrow, and the Burrowing Owl...losing nesting sites due to global warming. Predictions that 126 other species expected to suffer also. Nat Geo has these short subjects in the beginning of each issue, before the featured articles start. Most libraries carry this magazine. (BTW the dinosaur article is very well done and fascinating too)
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They don't have the whole story however online. (maybe if you subscribe?)
Expanding farms and building projects are destroying the natural plants that birds use for nesting materials and food. This is already impacting the Monarch butterfly, which has lost Milkweed plant that it needs for food. The loss of prairie dog colonies, is causing a problem for the burrowing owl, which uses old tunnels for nesting.
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