"Even in winter, the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feedon the
berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. The countryside was, in
fact, famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life, and when the flood of migrants was
pouring through in spring and fall, people came from great distances to observe them"
(paragraph 5).
Why most likely does the author give a detailed description of a healthy ecology (the
study of organisms and how they interact to the environment around them) as noted in
paragraph 5?
A. To promote birdwatching to people visiting the town
B. To give the natural history of a specific region
C. To describe different tourist activities of people pouring through the town
D. To contrast how the town changed once the ecology was compromised with the use of
harmful pesticides
