essay on urban birds
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Referring to an inner-city bird perched on a neglected dumpster as an avian cockroach or feathered rat may well raise appreciative nods. In fact, the ability of vast numbers of birds to make their homes in cities regularly calls upon the ingenuity of people to establish bird-free zones. This situation is not restricted to North America. In Moscow, for example, to keep Hooded Crows from sliding down renowned and easily scratched gold-leaf on onion domes, recordings of falcons and Northern Goshawks (the crow's major predators) were played and trained falcons released. Animal rights activists periodically disapprove of such niche-emptying efforts, but when birds are in conflict with people, it is the avian populations that are reduced and the human populations appeased.
But not all city dwellers consider urban birds as candidates for extermination. More and more people, in addition to those who enjoy feeding pigeons and sparrows in parks, are viewing their avian neighbors with interest. For birders who cannot often venture into a natural setting there is a wealth of avian activity to watch right in the city. Some urban birds become uncharacteristically tame and relatively simple to observe. It is easier, for example, to witness the maintenance of dominance hierarchies in slow-gaited city pigeons (Rock Doves) than in their fast-flying country cousins. Similarly, city crows, park ducks, outdoor restaurant House Sparrows, and parking lot Brewer's Blackbirds are more approachable than their rural brethren.
The artificial concrete and steel ecosystems of cities, including occasional small, manicured parks, can support a surprisingly large number of birds. The birds are often most visible where people have congregated to buy, sell, eat, and discard food. The commensal relationship (whereby birds vacuum up bits of food that people do not value for themselves -- items dropped, discarded, or purposely provided) is evident near benches in city parks, in playgrounds, sports stadiums, and the parking lots of fast-food restaurants, at deserted farmers' markets and fairgrounds, around refuse disposal areas, and at window ledge feeders.
Urban birds differ from wild populations in several ways, besides just being easier to observe. A number of ornithologists have looked at the ways birds have adapted to urban foraging. For example, in cities that lie in the snowbelt, birds may seek underground heating ducts over which plants can grow, and have also learned to feed in areas illuminated by artificial light where they can prolong their foraging schedule. In another case, although feral (country) pigeons usually eat twice a day, filling their crops at each session and digesting the food between the feeding bouts, city pigeons face a less predictable food supply, and are much more opportunistic, having a relatively irregular feeding schedule.
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