Fri Nov 20 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Purdue University scientists say birds aren't finicky about where they stop to rest during annual migrations that can span thousands of miles.
Purdue researcher John Dunning and graduate student Diane Packett tracked 76 species of migratory birds along the Wabash River and its tributaries for their study.
They found that birds are just as likely to stop for the night at small wooded areas in farm fields as they are at lush, protected forests.
Whatever the rest stop, Birds just need a place with food and adequate protection.
Dunning says the finding suggests conservation efforts should extend to smaller forests to help stabilize declining populations of migratory birds that travel thousands of miles between South and Central America and Canada twice each year.
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