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Articles on songbirds (not in any particular order - most recently discovered first)
Pesticides disrupt songbird migration - Wildlife Preservation Canada (2017)
”A team of Canadian scientists have linked harmful insecticides with migratory impairment in the white-crowned sparrow.”
Why you can thank geology for your morning songbird chorus - Dr Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian (2016)
“Today, songbirds are the most successful group of birds on the planet. With more than 5000 species worldwide, they form half of the world’s known bird species, and have colonised almost all corners of the world (with the exception of Antarctica).”
Borne on the Wing: Avian Influenza Risk in U.S. Wild Songbirds Mapped - Phys.org (2010)
“Scientists have discovered that 22 species of passerines--songbirds and perching birds--in the contiguous U.S. are carriers of low-pathogenicity avian influenza.”
