Conservation Charity's Site Tracks Fatal Attacks on Birds

By Nicole Wallace

Pet owners may consider the dead birds that cats leave on their doorstep just one of the quirks of owning a cat. But the American Bird Conservancy says that, added together, those offerings represent a significant pressure on bird populations already struggling with the effects of habitat loss, pollution, and pesticides.

To get a better handle on the problem, the conservation group, located in The Plains, Va., has started Project PredatorWatch, a sort of online neighborhood-watch