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The Beak In Review
West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study |
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18 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Beak In Review West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study The West Nile virus soldiers on, declares a report published yesterday in Nature. Eight years after the virus left the West Nile and made its way to the U.S. Northeast, chickadee populations in the region have dropped 53 percent, while Eastern bluebird populations have been diminished by 44 percent. American crows have been hit the harde ... |
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