Tri-coloured Blackbird “mega-colony” saved

By Charlie • May 10, 2008 • No comments yet

Great news on Birdlife’s website that a huge breeding colony of 80,000 Tri-coloured Blackbirds in California has been saved thanks to an agreement between Audubon California and a farmer on whose land the birds are nesting. It’s a great story with important conservation issues - and it’s at Birdlife.org.

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