[Shadow_Group] North American birds on the decline - Nearly a third of native bird species are seeing striking losses

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North American birds on the decline

Nearly a third of native bird species - even common ones - are seeing striking losses, says a survey.

By Mark Clayton 
 Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
December 02, 2004 edition -

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1202/p13s01-sten.html

            
Nearly two centuries ago, vast herds of buffalo were almost wiped off 
the face of America's great plains by settlers. Today it's the prairie 
chicken that's getting plucked.

Once plentiful like the buffalo, the prairie chicken was dubbed the 
"fool's hen" because it was so easy to shoot. Even so, the delectable 
but hardy species survived. As recently as the 1980s, healthy numbers 
could be found "booming" their songs across the plains.

But a new survey shows that the greater prairie chicken species is in 
trouble. Since 1966, its population has fallen 78 percent. Fewer than 
700,000 ........... http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1202/p13s01-sten.html



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