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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 introduction of new hay mowing equipment that scalps the fields to give a few extra bales has pretty much wiped out ground nesting birds.


61 posted on 09/19/2019 8:42:30 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Java4Jay

The millions of blackbirds are gone because of avian flu, but they are coming back. Bird populations are cyclical, just like climate.

But never let a crisis go to waste, and if you can’t find one, manufacture one.


62 posted on 09/19/2019 8:47:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.")
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To: chulaivn66
As to cats? Coyotes handle that issue

So do foxes and raccoons.

Problem is, "thanks" to PETA, nobody is trapping anymore.

Used to be trappers would pay the landowner $x per pelt.

Now you have to pay him to set the trap and $3x per pelt.

63 posted on 09/19/2019 8:49:37 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: Java4Jay

It does seem rare when I hear birds singing outside. Years ago, it was commonplace. Live on property of several acreas, with many trees, and woods surrounding two of four sides. Something is not right here.


64 posted on 09/19/2019 8:49:47 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Java4Jay

It’s the WiFi and cellphones. Never forget!


65 posted on 09/19/2019 8:49:59 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: Java4Jay

Tear down the Wind Farms and the birds will replenish.


66 posted on 09/19/2019 8:50:29 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: Java4Jay

If they were aborting their offspring, liberals would be cheering.


67 posted on 09/19/2019 8:51:19 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Java4Jay

Who spends all their time counting birds? 2.9 billion birds is a lot of counting!

I blame the wind turbines that Greenies are installing everywhere. Just one wind turbine can kill thousands of birds annually!


68 posted on 09/19/2019 8:52:13 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: House Atreides

Conversion of farms to forest, vastly increased raptor populations, no one hunting or trapping the biggest egg and chick predators, ‘possums and coons. The common species of songbirds flourished when everything was cleared and there were lots of hedgerows and not very many coopers and sharpies waiting for them to visit the feeders. Not sure that feeding birds is an occupation that gets Millennials off their cell phones either, esp when the price of seed skyrocketed as farmers switched to ethanol crops and the economy took a dive leaving people to cut wild birdseed out of their budget.

The numbers of coons and to a lesser degree possums is getting ridiculous. The coons have wiped out our local turkeys by feasting on eggs.


69 posted on 09/19/2019 8:53:26 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yes...I think you are correct....sterile suburban yards with the green lawn and a few shrubs just don’t attract as many birds. Our backyard (what I call the “wild secret garden” has lots of birds, but then it is surrounded by arborvitae where they can nest, grapevine, roses, other trees and shrubs...and this is on a 6000sf city lot. Most neighbors have just lawns and a few shrubs. Plus, as others have said insecticides and herbicides could affect birds, also, and those pretty lawns require that.


70 posted on 09/19/2019 8:53:30 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Want to know your family genealogy? Run for political office.)
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To: adorno

That’s probably the biggest factor... since there’s a big drive on to eliminate certain pesticides.


71 posted on 09/19/2019 8:55:22 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Fungi
Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count

Audubon runs lots of bird counts — Christmas, Coastal, Western Rivers, Waterfowl, and many more. Lots of bird counts are run in states, too. Google “bird counts and surveys” for more info. You can volunteer, too. Doesn’t take much time.

The Cornell University Ornithology Lab’s terrific eBird app allows you to count the species you spot and the data is shared immediately in a worldwide database. You can find out what species have been seen in areas near you. It’s really useful if you are on annual migratory routes such as the Pacific Flyway where millions of birds pass through every fall and again in spring.

72 posted on 09/19/2019 8:56:49 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: HangnJudge

I think all the bugs have converged on my place. Esp. mosquitos... come to think of it there are new skeeters introduced and they carry diseases that kill birds.


73 posted on 09/19/2019 8:57:16 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Seaplaner

They’re also driven to not only ‘murder’ birds, but mice, moles, chipmunks, squirrels etc. Bird’s learn and don’t build nests near the house; the rest stay dumb.


74 posted on 09/19/2019 8:58:03 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: roadcat

Wind turbines do not only kill birds by the million annually, but they slaughter insects as well....including bees.


75 posted on 09/19/2019 8:58:20 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
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To: Dr. Sivana

They have always been adapted to bobcats


76 posted on 09/19/2019 8:58:20 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Ransomed

Lots of chuck will’s widows here.


77 posted on 09/19/2019 8:58:51 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Conserv

record his territorial song and play it back. He will go away after he gets a load of the “other” bird’s what for.


78 posted on 09/19/2019 9:01:02 PM PDT by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: Java4Jay

Killed by the windmills.


79 posted on 09/19/2019 9:03:38 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Java4Jay
Who's to blame when parties really get out of hand?
Who's to blame when they get poorly planned?

Party gone out of bounds!

80 posted on 09/19/2019 9:04:08 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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