We periodically see news reports of "hundreds and thousands of dead birds falling from the sky"...but why does that happen? Scott Carleton, the Migratory Bird Chief for the USFWS Southwest Region helped us understand why mass mortality events happen and what you can do to help birds.
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Show Notes
Backyard Birding Game
USFWS Climate Change Website
Hundreds of Thousands of Birds Are Suddenly Dropping Dead. No One Knows Why - Popular Mechanics article
Mass deaths of migratory birds reported in New Mexico - BBC News
eBird hotspot
Les Shirley Park (Yellow-headed Blackbird)
Cannon Beach Settling Ponds (Early Snow Goose)
Back to Les Shirley Park (Sabine’s Gull)
Intro Bird Call: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Recorded: April 2020 Tillamook, OR)
Outro Bird Call: Purple Martins (Recorded: August 2020 Clatsop, OR)
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