“Birds that are small have tiny feces, and the pathogens die off ... A northern harrier perches on a sprinkler amid a leafy-green field in coastal California. (Rose Albert, UC Davis) The study’s ...

It’s easy to forget about the subtly different natural world that can be encountered a short distance inland, in California ... lizards and even mice and small birds, on barbed wire fences ...

Through field and greenhouse experiments, bird surveys, point counts and fecal transects, the authors assessed food-safety risks from nearly 10,000 birds across 29 lettuce farms on California's ...