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Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

Rebecca E. Hirsch

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books/Lerner

ISBN: 978-1-72843-177-2

Keywords: ecology, silent spring

Tall glass buildings, plastic trash, and widespread planting of nonnative plant species that don't support insects that native birds feed on are among the many threats to birds' survival. Maps, photos, and archival images. Sources, glossary, suggested reading.