Natural History Wanderings

Bay Nature reported on the decline of California’s Native Band-tailed Pigeon. They reported that it has declined

 “about 2 percent a year since 1968, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began tracking the population in its annual Breeding Bird Survey.”

Population loss is linked to habitat loss and disease.

Read more about the impact of disease, what the public can do to help and some general facts about Band-tailed Pigeons at  What’s Killing California’s Native Pigeon? – Bay Nature.