Spring bird migration is underway and will continue in the Mountain West for the next few months.
If you want to help them on that long journey, researchers suggest keeping cats indoors and turning off outside lights at night. You can also put out food or bird baths. But make sure your area hasn’t had any bird salmonella outbreaks before you do. Otherwise, you could help that deadly disease spread.
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