Deer Impact in Bird Habitats

When walking through parks and forested areas In southeastern PA and New Jersey, we sometimes wonder if we are birding or “deering.” Many prime birding habitats look quite different than they did 20 or more years ago. As suburbia sprawls, deer are adapting...

Improving Forest Habitat for Birds

Ron Rohrbaugh from Audubon Pennsylvania has co-authored a study showing how changes in forest structure caused by increasing deer populations may be affecting birds. Birds living in mature forests that spend most of their time in the understory—such as Hooded Warbler,...