Thousands of birds are lost each year in Nova Scotia because their nests are destroyed by industrial forestry, a Cape Breton environmental group says. “It’s pretty obvious that there’s a really significant amount of bird nests being destroyed in Nova Scotia per year from clearcutting,” said Neal Livingston of the Margaree Environmental Association. Livingston was referring to a study done by the Avian Conservation and Ecology called An Estimate of Nest Loss in Canada Due to Industrial Forestry Operations. The study, based on 2013 statistics, concluded that between 214,500 and 1.69 million nests are lost each year as a result of logging across Canada. The provincial Department of Natural Resources said… “Bird populations and habitat are impacted by many human activities on the landscape and forestry is not among the most significant source of impacts” compared to cat predation, housing and road development, and vehicle collisions.