Posted on 09/19/2019 7:58:43 PM PDT by Java4Jay
From grasslands to seashores to forests and backyards, birds are disappearing at an alarming rate in the United States and Canada, with a 29% population drop since 1970 and a net loss of about 2.9 billion birds, scientists said on Thursday.
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The Sandhill Cranes are back in our area in fine numbers.
L
Whippoorwills haven’t been around here for a long time. My hunch is cats, the nightjars nest right on the ground.
Freegards
Maybe Audubon’s annual bird counts.
This is bllsht.
The birds are all leaving to escape fricking socialism in canada
I saw the headline earlier today. I didn’t need to read the story to know that I don’t believe a word of it. All I have to do is look out the window.
Exactly.
I do it every year.
All you do is identify every and all birds you see on certain days. Then type it into their web page.
We’re in SW Wisconsin and we’re doing our part. Feeders all over the yard, to include feeders for migrating birds in season such as Hummers and Orioles and Grosbeak. I had two Indigo Buntings this season - what a thrill! :)
Suet feeders for anyone and everyone, but mainly for my three species of Woodpeckers. Platform feeders with Black Oil Sunflower, peanut pieces and peanuts in shell for the Blue Jays. Feeders for Goldfinch and Chickadee, too.
Lots and LOTS of native shrubs and trees all around us for food and shelter and one old, fabulous Maple Tree in the house yard that houses just about everyone all summer long. ;)
We had less bird action near the house this season, but that was due to roof construction.
I’ve had every bird I’m supposed to have in turn, though I suppose it ebbs and flows a bit from year to year.
Much improved numbers of Monarch Butterflies this season, as well as a lot of the smaller ones (Admirals, Fritillaries, etc.) and the large Swallowtails in yellow and black.
If you build it, they will come!
Wind turbines, anyone?
Yes!
Those ugly windmills kill a lot of birds.
Saw the first Nighthawk I’ve seen in years, the other morning.
There’s no shortage of sparrows around here. If you put food out, the birds will come, if the squirrels don’t get it first.
Tell me about. Sounds like a flock of frickin’ pterodactyls out in the pasture every morning.
They should have put that at the beginning and spared me reading the rest of it.
The researchers said the extinction in the early 20th century of the passenger pigeon, once likely the most abundant birds on Earth numbering in the billions, showed that even abundant species can go extinct rapidly.
Well, duh. The passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction.
Too many crows eating eggs and chicks.
If we get to space, we will do the same there. (sac)
Really? You mean there are enough of these counters to amount to the billion level? I have some prime real estate for you.
For those who like baroque music, with violin & organ concertos,
take a moment and listen to one of my favorites by
George Handel:
“The Cuckoo & The Nightingale, HWV 295/ Part 1.
It is cheerful, sweeping and will put you into a good mood.
P.S...It’s meant to be played kinda loud.
“Sounds like a flock of frickin’ pterodactyls out in the pasture every morning.”
We were fishing after sunset the other night when a pair of them flew overhead. They’re huge and their call will send a chill up your spine if you’re not expecting it.
That being said they’re supposed to be quite tasty. Andrew Zimmern did an episode on them.
L
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