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Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone (www.birds.cornell.edu)

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A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The Age of Plastics, y'all.

aka The End Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_time

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The main loss for birds comes from the loss of their food source, which comes from pesticides and land use of the agricultural sector.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

When I was a kid in the '70s and '80s I can remember the front grill and windshield of our car being absolutely plastered with bugs. I mean like power wash to get them off plastered. Today it's surprising if I have more than a handful of smudges on my windshield.

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