American Bird Conservancy Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 A new study from British scientists has documented for the first time, significant new impacts to birds from outdoor cats, reporting that even brief appearances of cats near avian nest sites leads to at least a doubling in lethal nest predation of eggs and young birds by third-party animals, as well as behavioral changes in parent birds that lead to an approximately 33 percent reduction in the amount of food brought to nestlings following a predation threat. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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