Sally Furniss
Well-known member
Generous farmers create habitats for migrating birds
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 2:35p.m.
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti and John Flesher
Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill.
Across eight states, farmers such as Gautreaux are inundating fallow fields to provide an alternative for some of the tens of millions of ducks, geese and shorebirds that are beginning to make their way south on a flyway that stretches as far north as Alaska and Iceland.
Biologists fear the birds will arrive to spend winter at the Gulf barrier islands, shorelines and marshes only to find these habitats fouled and their food supply depleted.
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 2:35p.m.
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti and John Flesher
Water gurgling from a well is flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and crawfish fields, turning the farm into a wetland for migratory birds whose usual Gulf of Mexico wintering grounds are threatened by the oil spill.
Across eight states, farmers such as Gautreaux are inundating fallow fields to provide an alternative for some of the tens of millions of ducks, geese and shorebirds that are beginning to make their way south on a flyway that stretches as far north as Alaska and Iceland.
Biologists fear the birds will arrive to spend winter at the Gulf barrier islands, shorelines and marshes only to find these habitats fouled and their food supply depleted.
more http://www.3news.co.nz/Generous-far...m_campaign=Feed:+co/HCaY+(3News-+Latest+News)