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Birds & Global Warming
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 Help Birds Affected by Global Warming
Is Your State Bird Moving On?

Rhode Island species impacted by Global Warming
The Rhode Island red is a domestic chicken and not under major threat.

History

The chicken was developed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island from an Asian chicken called the Malay.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

Bank Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Bobolink
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Hooded Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Vesper Sparrow
Warbling Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Purple Finch



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

General Notes

 





 

 
 
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Silent Spring: A Sequel? - Climate change already is affecting the range and behavior of many North American birds; some scientists fear these shifts are just a hint of what's to come.

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