Banning deer boosts migratory birds

Fencing out deer improved the bird world—at least from a conservationist’s viewpoint—in protected woodlands, report Virginia researchers.

In a 9-year test, excluding deer raised the population numbers among bird species, such as hooded warblers, that have a high conservation priority, say William J. McShea and John H. Rappole of the National Zoological Park’s Conservation Research Center in Front Royal.