This is Bird Note.

The fluting song of the wood thrush is an ethereal sound of summer in North America.

From April to September, these robin-sized songsters serenade deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. and Canada.

Each fall, they migrate to rainforests from southern Mexico to Panama, where they call to each other from the underbrush.

For wood thrushes, not just any woods will do.

They depend on large blocks of intact forest throughout their range.

Unfortunately, wood thrushes are losing habitat as humans convert vibrant forests to pastures,

mines, and urban developments.

As the remaining forests become smaller and scattered,

the wood thrush are left with less food and more threats from predators.

We can help wood thrushes and forest birds everywhere by conserving and restoring woodlands throughout the Americas.

That includes planting native trees in urban green spaces,

and buying bird-friendly coffee that's cultivated without destroying the crucial habitats that support the wood thrushes priceless song.

For Bird Note, I'm Michael Stein.

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