Tag: wildlife
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The effects of noise pollution on birds.
“Overall, the literature review showed that human-generated noise—whether from traffic, construction, or other activities—had significant effects on birds’ behavior and physiology. A bird species’ life history made a difference in how they responded to unnatural ambient noise. Cavity-nesting birds, for example, experienced negative impacts on growth compared to birds using open nests. City birds exhibited…
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Frog watch with my dog.
How hot was it today? I dunno, perhaps in the mid thirties. Too hot to walk my dog until the the setting sun was sliced in half by Mt Taylor. I took him down to a small pond a short distance from my house. We both sat for a while amongst the captured coolness of…
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