Associated Press - March 13, 2010 5:04 AM ET
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new report says birds that live in and visit Louisiana's badly damaged and eroding coast are threatened by climate change.
On Louisiana's coast, sea level rise and the loss of habitat will threaten migratory songbirds, ocean bird species and waterfowl, according to Melanie Driscoll, director of bird conservation at the Louisiana Audubon Society.
The report, "The State of the Birds: 2010 Report on Climate Change," was released Thursday.
A 2009 report on bird populations found nearly a third of the nation's 800 bird species are endangered, threatened or in decline due to challenges such as the loss of wetlands, commercial hunting and pesticides.
On the Net:
"State of the Birds" report: http://www.stateofthebirds.org/
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