Bird Feathers #1

The first in a series of weekly rundowns of what’s happening in the world of birds, birding and bird blogging.

•  Hummingbird Orphan: Tiny, Cute and Helpless  Julie Zickefoose has a story with photos about a baby hummingbird found floundering in a puddle at a park.
• Piping Plover earns mainstream coverage  Amy Hooper has a story about how beach closures has helped the Piping Plover population.
• Birds help get the bugs out of sapped pine  An article at the Denver Post about how birds are helping pine trees.
• Common Grassland Birds Disappearing in Midwest  Some of the most common grassland birds in the Midwest, including the meadowlark, are decreasing in numbers.
• A mixed season for New England birds  A report from the Boston Globe on the decline of Loon populations and the increase of Bald Eagles.

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