Researcher studies increased predation of sagebrush songbirds in natural gas fields

While such development has encroached on and hindered nesting habitat for three types of sagebrush-obligate birds, predation of these birds has increased because rodent populations in the vicinity of oil and gas wells have increased.

(via WSJ)

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