Scientists show effect of traffic noise on birds

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Interesting article published on SeattlePi news - =0D
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http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Scientists-show-effect-of-tra=
ffic-noise-on-birds-4989142.php=0D
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"..Idaho scientists blasted the sounds of cars and trucks barreling past fr=
om a half-mile string of treetop loud speakers high on a ridgeline above Sn=
ake River Plain.......Songbird numbers declined by more than a quarter and =
some species disappeared almost completely. He says the work may be the fir=
st to isolate the effect of sound, eliminating other traffic-related distur=
bances from the equation of what scares birds away."