[leasbirds] Followup: 29% Decrease in North American Birds

  • From: WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Leas Friends Audubon <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:06:16 +0000 (UTC)

Here's the New York Times version.  
I've been sick all day about this. I am hoping that this will prompt a large 
enough outcry that we can seriously alter our practices, starting (most easily 
perhaps) with pesticides and agribusiness.  It happened with DDT and—as the 
report shows—some species, like certain raptors and waterfowl, have increased 
in the last 50 years.    (Though I don't know how 1970 levels compare to other 
historic levels—I mean, what's our benchmark?)  I know this forum isn't for 
political discussion, and I don't intend to start or pursue one here; but hey, 
these are our birds, and they don't have votes or thumbs to dial phone numbers 
in Washington.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/science/bird-populations-america-canada.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage









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