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Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.

The bird flu crisis, driven by the H5N1 virus, began several years ago, but ramped up considerably in April when dairy cows started becoming infected.

Up until recently, habituation -- a simple form of learning -- was deemed the exclusive domain of complex organisms with brains and nervous systems, such as worms, insects, birds, and mammals.

In life it would have been about 2 m in wingspan, similar to that of large birds like the golden eagle.

The study highlights that tree islands accelerate the natural regeneration of native species, through the establishment of species from seeds that have arrived for example by wind or bird.