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Bookpossum · 12-28-2019, 05:17 AM

I was reading recently about the huge drop in songbirds in particular in the US (because that’s where the study was done) something like two-thirds down from about 50 years ago. The main cause is the insecticides we use, so the chicks are being poisoned by the food their parents give them.

I am quite sure there are fewer of many birds around than when I started birdwatching, and that was maybe 20 years ago. Depressing, isn’t it.

12-28-2019, 05:17 AM	#19
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	I was reading recently about the huge drop in songbirds in particular in the US (because that’s where the study was done) something like two-thirds down from about 50 years ago. The main cause is the insecticides we use, so the chicks are being poisoned by the food their parents give them. I am quite sure there are fewer of many birds around than when I started birdwatching, and that was maybe 20 years ago. Depressing, isn’t it.