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Westford Wildlife Watch Native trees help native birds
Marian Harman/Special to the Eagle-Independent
Special to the Eagle-Independent
Editor s note: due to a production error in last week s edition, the Eagle-Independent is presenting the Westford Wildlife column again in entirety.
Birds need native trees.
Laura Tangley and Desiree Narango worked for three years as interns for Doug Tallamy, professor of entomology at the University of Delaware.
They studied how nonnative trees in cities and suburbs affect birds. In Laura Tangley s
National Wildlife Federation article, entitled, Why Birds Need Native Trees , she noted that 80% of suburbia is landscaped with plants from Asia.