![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509071426im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Some Migratory Birds Can't Find Success in Urban Areas, Study Finds
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March 31, 2008
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New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds. But, the six-year study also refutes one of the most widely accepted explanations of why urban areas are so hostile to some kinds of birds.
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