Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- April 15, 2008

The return of Pennsylvania's songbirds provides good reason to get outside (:45)

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Suggested Intro:

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO ENJOY THE WARMING SPRING WEATHER, A WILDLIFE EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS NOW'S THE TIME TO WELCOME BACK OUR STATE'S FEATHERED RESIDENTS. GARY ABDULLAH HAS THE STORY:

Story:

(:15) NOTHING SIGNALS THE END OF WINTER LIKE THE RETURN MIGRATION OF PENNSYLVANIA'S BIRDS. PENN STATE WILDLIFE PROFESSOR MARGARET BRITTINGHAM SAYS, FROM NOW 'TIL MID-MAY, YOU NEED ONLY LOOK UP TO SEE DOZENS OF SPECIES WINGING BACK FROM WINTERS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA:

Brittingham Actuality:
(:20) "BIRDS LIKE THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, BLUE HEADED VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, ALL OF THE WARBLERS. AND FOR BIRD WATCHERS, THIS IS REALLY THE PRIME TIME - ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WARBLERS COME BACK, BECAUSE THE WARBLERS ARE THE JEWELS OF THE BIRD WORLD. AND, GOING OUT AND COUNTING THESE WARBLERS IS A BIG EVENT IN PENNSYLVANIA AND FOR BIRDWATCHERS EVERYWHERE."

(:10) BRITTINGHAM SAYS ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF SPRING BIRDWATCHING IS THAT THE THINNER TREE FOLIAGE MAKES SPOTTING BIRDS MUCH EASIER. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

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LANDSCAPE TO ATTRACT BIRDS TO YOUR YARD (from the College of Agricultural Sciences news archives)

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