Banning deer boosts migratory birds
By Susan Milius
Fencing out deer improved the bird world—at least from a conservationist’s viewpoint—in protected woodlands, report Virginia researchers.
In a 9-year test, excluding deer raised the population numbers among bird species, such as hooded warblers, that have a high conservation priority, say William J. McShea and John H. Rappole of the National Zoological Park’s Conservation Research Center in Front Royal.
Populations of other birds, such as chipping sparrows, decreased, the researchers report in the August Conservation Biology.