Every spring, the Maine woods come alive with color and song. The forest is filled with more than 90 different species of birds, many here for just three short months, to do one thing: make baby birds. Lots and lots of baby birds. Maine forests are baby bird factories. For birds, long days, abundant food, and excellent habitat makes the Maine woods an ideal place to raise baby birds. In fact, the Maine woods are SO important for our breeding forest birds that much of northern and western Maine has been designated a globally significant Important Bird Area by National Audubon and BirdLife International.
But these birds are under threat from habitat fragmentation, development, chemical contamination, and air pollution, coupled with habitat loss at migratory stopovers, on wintering grounds, and on summer breeding grounds.
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