Birds in the United States are not only declining, but they are declining faster, especially in areas with intensive agriculture, according to new research. Overall drops in bird population, measured from 1987 to 2021, were sharpest in warm and warming areas, suggesting that climate change may play a role.
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. “What we found is that any metric of agricultural intensity was always the best predictor of acceleration of the decline.”
Mine stays inside for just this reason.
Mine only kills rats ,no birds
Yep, same. Plus they live healthier lives indoors and are far less likely to be injured.
In contrast my dogs have become pals with our neighbours up in the back tree.
Every afternoon around the same time, the birds land on the back porch and call them out,. Even if the dogs are snoozing they instantly get up and sprint outside, then a round of chasey-swoopy happens for a few mins before they all come up and sit on the back porch together for a while. This happens every day about an hour before sunset for a couple years now.
Cool birds too. If I go out there and sit with everyone, the bravest bird some times perches on my arm with the temptation a small bit of ham.
Any idea what kind of bird they are?
Theire hunters ,no a piece of furniture
My cats have a blast inside and don’t hunt birds to extinction or get run over by cars. I’m fine with it, and so are they.