September 20, 2019
North America has lost more than one in four birds in last fifty years
Follow Me Here -A team of scientists at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, in collaboration with the US Geological Survey and several conservation groups, have estimated North America has lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970. That’s an estimated decline of 30 percent in the total bird population. In other words: More than one in four birds has disappeared from American skies in the last 50 years.…’
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Pesticides, herbicides, neonics, and loss of habitat, it isn't any surprise that birds are in deep trouble. Every problem birds have is due to human stupidity with synthetic chemicals and/or destructive land use decisions.
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