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2.9 billion breeding birds disappeared since the early 1970s

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've kept my birdfeeders full, put out water for them, kept many thorny bushes I'd rather remove bc the songbirds love to nest in them and I am still seeing a decline. Not in the number of total birds, but each year the diversity goes down. Less songbirds, woodpeckers and hummingbirds, more cowbirds, more blackbirds. It's alarming.

I realize this is just my backyard, but it's wierd seeing a mass extinction just...play out. Right in front of me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

More starlings for us 😒

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