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Article: Origin of songbirds and junk mail. (Spectrum).
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- Environment
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- July 1, 2003
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A new study documents that one in every three of North America's songbirds is born in Canada's boreal forest. According to the study, "Importance of Canada's Boreal Forest to Landbirds," authored by Peter Blancher of Bird Studies Canada, the boreal forest is the breeding ground of up to five billion birds each year--including warblers, sparrows, swifts, finches, hawks, and falcons. For several species, more than 90 percent of their global population breeds there. Canada's boreal forest covers more than one billion acres across nearly every province and territory. Although it is the largest intact forest left on Earth--50 percent larger than the remaining intact Amazon ...