Beware as fireworks can ‘frighten baby birds to death’

Beware as fireworks can ‘frighten baby birds to death’

Audubon Florida wants island residents and others to know 4th of July fireworks can be harmful to a variety of birds, especially nesting shore birds. The group’s communications director Erika Zambello says, “Celebratory fireworks – which often take place on or near ocean beaches or lagoon shores where coastal birds make their nests – can literally frighten baby birds to death.” Many birds are still nesting in early July, and while “waterside fir…