Interest in bird feeding surged soon after COVID lockdowns began in more than 100 countries. While this activity boosts people’s wellbeing, care must be taken to ensure it’s also good for the birds.
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Eating bird food was also linked to a nearly four-fold increase in their breeding densities.
Garden bird feeders and water baths could be hotspots for infectious disease transmission.
Millions of Americans feed wild birds, especially in winter and spring. Studies show that this can influence birds’ health and behavior in surprising ways.
Feeding wild birds is discouraged in Australia despite its popularity in other countries. But many Australians still put food out for the birds, and that’s not a problem if it’s the right food.
Is providing birds with food and water making them too dependent? Or are gardens just the new frontier of Australia’s urban landscape? New research aims to find out.
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Deputy Director of Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University
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Associate Research Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Researcher, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Microbiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate Lecturer in Biomedical Science, Anglia Ruskin University
