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Bird numbers plunge in U.S. and Canada with people to blame
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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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To: Java4Jay

The Sandhill Cranes are back in our area in fine numbers.

L


21 posted on 09/19/2019 8:10:17 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: House Atreides
Too many cats!

Well, I guess the birds are going to have to adapt.
22 posted on 09/19/2019 8:10:28 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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To: Java4Jay

Whippoorwills haven’t been around here for a long time. My hunch is cats, the nightjars nest right on the ground.

Freegards


23 posted on 09/19/2019 8:10:59 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Fungi

Maybe Audubon’s annual bird counts.


24 posted on 09/19/2019 8:11:02 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Java4Jay

This is bllsht.

The birds are all leaving to escape fricking socialism in canada


25 posted on 09/19/2019 8:12:05 PM PDT by RArtfulogerDodger (peace, Love, and Joy To All, Especially Obama and Democrats)
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To: Java4Jay

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.


26 posted on 09/19/2019 8:12:19 PM PDT by irv (Live Tea or die!)
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To: Paladin2

Exactly.


27 posted on 09/19/2019 8:12:55 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Fungi
Audobon has The Great Backyard Bird Count. The next one is Feb 14-17, 2020.

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.

28 posted on 09/19/2019 8:13:18 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: Java4Jay

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!


29 posted on 09/19/2019 8:14:58 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Java4Jay

Wind turbines, anyone?


30 posted on 09/19/2019 8:15:20 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Guns don't kill people. Planned Parenthood does.)
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To: Paladin2

Yes!

Those ugly windmills kill a lot of birds.


31 posted on 09/19/2019 8:15:39 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Ban liberals, NOT guns.)
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To: Ransomed

Saw the first Nighthawk I’ve seen in years, the other morning.


32 posted on 09/19/2019 8:15:56 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Paladin2

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.


33 posted on 09/19/2019 8:15:58 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Lurker

Tell me about. Sounds like a flock of frickin’ pterodactyls out in the pasture every morning.


34 posted on 09/19/2019 8:17:10 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Guns don't kill people. Planned Parenthood does.)
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To: Java4Jay
While climate change was not the major driver of the population plunge, it is likely to exacerbate the existing threats to bird populations, Rosenberg said.

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.

35 posted on 09/19/2019 8:17:21 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: House Atreides

Too many crows eating eggs and chicks.


36 posted on 09/19/2019 8:17:28 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Java4Jay
Heck, 35/50 years ago it was DDT that was making the eggs soft and they wouldn't hatch. Then that went away, now it is global warming/climate change. And, it is our fault. There are just too many of us and we humans are destroying the whole earth.

If we get to space, we will do the same there. (sac)

37 posted on 09/19/2019 8:18:37 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: Alas Babylon!

Really? You mean there are enough of these counters to amount to the billion level? I have some prime real estate for you.


38 posted on 09/19/2019 8:19:12 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Java4Jay

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.


39 posted on 09/19/2019 8:20:28 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Flatus I. Maximus

“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


40 posted on 09/19/2019 8:21:03 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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