Page 9 - Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis

Index ecology, 39, 88
ecosystem, 18, 39, 64, 81, 86, 91
American Bird Conservancy, 21, Endangered Species Act, 21
44, 46 Eng, Margaret, 65–68
entomologist, 64–65, 82
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection evolution, 10, 45, 83–84, 86
Act, 21 extinction, 9–11, 21, 33, 44–45, 79
birds Cretaceous-Tertiary, 9–10
conservation of, 14, 16, 21, 23, mass, 9
45, 47, 52, 75, 78 overhunting as a cause of, 7–9
extinction of, 9–11, 21, 33, 44, 79 pollution as a cause of, 9–10
habitats of, 7, 14, 16–17, 19–21,
34–35, 45, 60–66, 70–71, farming, 7, 9, 20–21, 51, 54, 58–64,
77–79, 88–93, 102–103 66, 68–71, 100
hunting of, 7–9, 21, 38–42, 51–53, habitat loss, 7, 20–21, 60–61,
56, 100 70–71
migratory, 5–8, 14–16, 28–37, pesticides, 53–55, 59–63, 68–71
49–50, 52–53, 63, 65–68, 79, sustainable, 69–71, 100
96, 99, 102 Fatal Light Awareness Program
nonmigratory, 34, 96 (FLAP), 35–36
See also birds of prey; songbirds flock, 5–7, 94–95
birds of prey, 18, 21, 22, 42, 49–57, flyways, 14, 28–29, 37, 52
96 Atlantic Flyway, 28–29
bird-watching, 5–6, 13, 15, 49–50, Central Flyway, 28–29
53 Mississippi Flyway, 28–29, 37
Pacific Flyway, 28–29
carnivore, 38 food chains, 54, 63, 81, 84, 87
Carson, Rachel, 48, 53–56, 61 bird, 54, 63, 81, 87–92
cats, 30, 38–47, 78, 94, 99–100 insect, 54, 63, 87–92
birds as victims of, 30, 38–47, 78, native plant, 84, 87–92
94, 99–100
colonies, 43, 46–47 habitat loss, 7, 19, 20–21, 45, 60,
trap-neuter-return (TNR) 65, 70–71, 79, 93
programs, 43, 46
climate change, 10–11, 65, 71, Hawk Mountain, 48–53, 55
76–81, 101–102 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 48–49,
acidification, 80, 81 53, 56–57
pollution, 9–10
conservation, 11, 21, 23, 44–47,
52–57, 78, 97

deforestation, 7, 71–72
dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
(DDT), 53–55, 61

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