Posted on 09/14/2020 7:20:19 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Over the past few weeks, various species of migratory birds are dying in “unprecedented” numbers of unknown causes.
And this growing number of birds in southern New Mexico that have mysteriously died have wildlife experts scratching their heads.
“It is terribly frightening,” Desmond said. “We’ve never seen anything like this. … We’re losing probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of migratory birds.“
In August, large numbers of birds were found dead at White Sands Missile Range and at the White Sands National Monument in what was thought to be an isolated incident, Desmond said.
After that, however, came reports of birds behaving strangely and dying in numerous locations in Doña Ana County, Jemez Pueblo, Roswell, Socorro and other locations statewide.
The affected birds have included warblers, sparrows, swallows, blackbirds, flycatchers, and the western wood pewee.
The biologists noted that the majority of the dying birds are insectivores, but that seed eaters were sickening and dying as well.
“A number of these species are already in trouble,” Desmond said. “They are already experiencing huge population declines and then to have a traumatic event like this is – it’s devastating.”
Only on Saturday, 300 bird carcasses were discovered at Knox Hall on the university of New Mexico main campus.
The day before, residents living around also found birds behaving strangely and gathering in large groups before dying.
“People have been reporting that the birds look sleepy … they’re just really lethargic,” Cutler said. “One thing we’re not seeing is our resident birds mixed in with these dead birds. We have resident birds that live here, some of them migrate and some of them don’t, but we’re not getting birds like roadrunners or quail or doves.”
On the other hand, numerous migratory species are dying rapidly and it is not immediately clear why, although the cause appears to be recent.
Biologists said the birds had moulted, replacing their feathers in preparation for their flight south, “and you have to be healthy to do that; but somewhere after that, as they initiated their migratory route, they got in trouble.“
The biologists guessed the cause might involve the wildfires ravaging the western U.S. and dry conditions in New Mexico.
“They may have been pushed out before they were ready to migrate,” Desmond said. “They have to put on a certain amount of fat for them to be able to survive the migration. These birds migrate at night and they get up in the jet stream, and they might migrate for three nights in succession, they’ll come down and they’ll feed like crazy, put on more fat and go again.”
The birds will be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Ore. for further analysis.
“Over 3 billion birds have died since 1970. Insect populations are crashing, and this is just an unprecedented mortality…”
Obviously just pining for the fjords.
any 5g signals in the area?
You can get rid of the green and yellow dots using the layers function at the top right. Makes it easier to see the smoke plumes when you scroll out.
Let me add, (now that I read the comments).. the air here is pretty clean, and there is no 5G within a hundred miles., and it is definitely not Biden Country... I doubt that he, nor Kamala or any of their team could even find it on a map.
Smoke plume map
If you think the air is clean in NM you should look at the map I linked to in #23. Keep a couple of things in mind. The smoke may be aloft not at ground level and migratory birds didn’t start out in NM.
Both of those reasons, smoke aloft and a long flight, might account for the fact that only migratory birds have been dying and local birds have not.
Hot Summer and wildfire smoke. And of course, the death ray from the flying saucer people. Oh wait...The death ray is just a re-formulation of Democrat policy. Nothing to see there. Policy is just democrat philosophy .
my computer model shows that BLM protests and Joe Bidens candidacy are to blame!
and if you disagree, you are against science and hate the planet!
Birds ride jet stream which was unusually parked way north bringing terrible heat to southwest.
Something wrong with the magnetic fields?
It has been sprinkling a LOT at my place for the last week, so my air is comparatively clean, and my predominate winds have been almost directly from the south.
Maybe there is lots of smoke above the cloud level here, My nose is pretty sensitive to smoke... I catch an occasional whiff, but mostly I blame it on the campground a mile away. Lots of Deer & Elk hunters out... But I have been surprised at how little there is. Quien Sabe.
After flying over solar panel arrays and dodging windmills?
I saw a dead bat this year. Had seen bats in flight in my city but never a dead one on the sidewalk
That’s pedestrian. I want the good stuff, like a HAARP array gone rogue or a species-crossing mystery virus released from a biolab. C’mon, man, X-Files stuff.
The only thing that kills birds are wind turbines, just as freeps.
What a garbage article, hushed tones of impending doom. Garbage.
“Over 3 billion birds have died since 1970. Insect populations are crashing, and this is just an unprecedented mortality…”
There are 100 billion birds on the planet.
And yes, I prefer ‘live’ birds...
They’ll blame it on GloBull Warming, again.
“And yes, I prefer ‘live’ birds...”
Things would get pretty crowded if no birds ever died though.
Do you think they even proofread this stuff?
Maybe just count on ‘spellcheck’ to save them...
About 9 million people died in China last year. I’m guessing that over the last 50 years there have probably been 1 to 2 billion humans that died.
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