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In 2013, China installed fake birds and loudspeakers on an empty island; thousands of terns arrived in the first breeding season
Imagine a bare, windswept island just off the eastern coast of China: no vegetation, no shelter, nothing, not even a bird in sight. In 2013, a small team of scientists quietly covered it with plastic decoys and hidden speakers, then waited.
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In 2013, China installed fake birds and loudspeakers on an empty island; thousands of terns arrived in the first breeding season
Imagine a bare, windswept island just off the eastern coast of China: no vegetation, no shelter, nothing, not even a bird in sight. In 2013, a small team of scientists quietly…
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In 2018, Puerto Rico built a fake seabird colony from plastic birds, mirrors and recorded calls; real birds soon arrived and nested
Imagine a rocky island, no birds, no nests, just the sound of the waves. Now imagine scientists trying to get birds to live there again.