Bird-Eating Squirrel Illustrates Avian Dilemma

by David DeFranza on 04.20.10

Image credit: normanack/Flickr

Everyone with a bird feeder knows that a squirrel will do almost anything to get the seeds inside. When one amateur photographer captured a photo of a squirrel making a meal of an actual bird, however, he illustrated a largely unknown problem that plagues avian species.

Audubon writes:

A vast amount of evidence shows that clear and reflective sheet glass and plastic are the largest manmade threat to birds after habitat loss. A billion birds—at least—die annually from colliding with such material in the U.S. alone, and the toll worldwide is far greater.

Read more at Audubonmagazine.org

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/bird-eating-squirrel-illustrates-avian-dilemma.php