@cadwego In the past half century, North America has lost more than one-fourth of its birds.[Read more at bit.ly/3HfHzAH by Kim Heacox @KimHeacox via @guardianUS]
Nearly everywhere, they[birds] are in decline. Massive die-offs of flycatchers, swallows, bluebirds, sparrows and warblers –[Read more at bit.ly/3HfHzAH by Kim Heacox @KimHeacox via @guardianUS]
[Massive die-offs]described as thousands of birds “falling out of the sky” – have been recorded in recent years in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Nebraska.[Read more at bit.ly/3HfHzAH by Kim Heacox @KimHeacox via @guardianUS]
Smoke from intense California fires forced tule geese to reroute their migration and take twice as long.[Read more at bit.ly/3HfHzAH by Kim Heacox @KimHeacox via @guardianUS]
Elsewhere, as birds lay their eggs earlier, due to a warming climate, more chicks die from sudden inclement weather events.[Read more at bit.ly/3HfHzAH by Kim Heacox @KimHeacox via @guardianUS]
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