[PCA] NEWS: U.S. birds threatened by habitat loss, invasives, report says
Olivia Kwong
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Fri Mar 20 08:37:06 CDT 2009
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/almost_a_third_of_the.html
U.S. birds threatened by habitat loss, invasives, report says
by Abby Haight, The Oregonian
Thursday March 19, 2009, 5:38 PM
Researchers were shocked when they counted breeding tufted puffins along
the Oregon coast last summer.
The numbers showed the charismatic seabird with the comical mask had
become alarmingly scarce. From 6,560 tufted puffins in 1979 to a rough
count of 142 found on Oregon's cliffsides and rock islands last year.
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