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Birds flocked to North American cities during covid-19 lockdowns
Geese in Central Park, New York Metropolis Shutterstock / John A. Anderson
As human actions had been restricted to restrict the unfold of covid-19 in early 2020, dozens of chicken species grew to become extra considerable in city centres within the US and Canada.
Nicola Koper on the College of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and her colleagues analysed 4.3 million observations made by volunteer birdwatchers to match numbers in the course of the pandemic restrictions with these in earlier years.
Between March and Might 2020, 66 of 82 species of birds noticed by the birdwatchers throughout 93 North American counties displayed …