“Over 3 billion birds have died since 1970. Insect populations are crashing, and this is just an unprecedented mortality…”
Which begs the question: How many birds have been hatched since 1970?
From the Web:” A songbird in the wild has less than a 50% chance of surviving more than two years. However, i f a young bird can survive accidents, disease, predation, migration, and winter starvation, it may live a surprisingly long time.”
Once again the article is horribly written.