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60% of birds who survive collision with a building go on to die during rehabilitation care, and when these numbers are combined with instant deaths, US bird collision deaths might exceed 1 billion per year



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Rehabilitation outcomes of bird-building collision victims in the Northeastern United States 

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60% of birds who survive collision with a building go on to die during rehabilitation care, and when these numbers are combined with instant deaths, US bird collision deaths might exceed 1 billion per year

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306362

Article Title: Rehabilitation outcomes of bird-building collision victims in the Northeastern United States

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

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