Texas biologists deploy decoys to save birds

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Texas biologists have deployed decoys along a coast to try to lure a group of black skimmers out of a traffic circle.

Black skimmers nest in Rockport, a town about 190 miles southwest of Houston. Coastal waterbird scientist Owen Fitzsimmons told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/15s8Nim ) the black skimmers have seen a significant population decline in recent years, and so it is important to help every colony that arrives in Texas.