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Dec 9, 2019 14:53:50   #
rfmaude41 Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
 
Streets wrote:
I have been photographing birds and flying insects for the last ten years. Being very aware of their numbers, I am sorry to say the the decline of both has been alarming. This year, in particular, has been very bad. We had NO Robin migration, very few Warblers, woodpeckers are now rare, and birds of prey are seldom seen. I used to hear Owls, but not now. More trees are sick and dying than should be as well.

All of this is occurring as the geoengineering in the sky has accelerated: It is now a daily occurance in our area (Dallas-Ft. Worth). The major culprit is definitely Aluminum particles which is 30% of aerosols that are sprayed by aircraft flying at the top of the troposphere.

I invite all who read this to google "What in the World Are They Spraying". This 1:37:00 minute video does a good job explaining much more than the simple loss of birds.
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I live about four or five towns (cities) from you (in Lancaster). We have had plenty of robins and other birds, including birds of prey (hawks, etc.) this past year When I worked in Euless a couple of years ago, in the eastern part of town, there were loads of swallow tails, official state of OK birds. Insects, How about "hoards" of grasshoppers, crickets, ladybugs, ants, and many, many others.

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Dec 9, 2019 16:03:43   #
Streets Loc: Euless, TX.
 
rfmaude41 wrote:
I live about four or five towns (cities) from you (in Lancaster). We have had plenty of robins and other birds, including birds of prey (hawks, etc.) this past year When I worked in Euless a couple of years ago, in the eastern part of town, there were loads of swallow tails, official state of OK birds. Insects, How about "hoards" of grasshoppers, crickets, ladybugs, ants, and many, many others.


Last year was the first year that I noticed a decrease in both bird and butterfly populations. This year the decrease really caught my attention. There were at least ten times less of both. What could cause this kind of change? We even had a September with no measurable rain and lots of chemical overcasts that displaced real clouds. The state bird of Oklahoma is the Scissor Tailed Flycatcher. Didn't see a single one of these this year either. Operation Cloverleaf at work? I vote yes.

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Dec 9, 2019 16:51:09   #
BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA
 
Streets wrote:
I have been photographing birds and flying insects for the last ten years. Being very aware of their numbers, I am sorry to say the the decline of both has been alarming. This year, in particular, has been very bad. We had NO Robin migration, very few Warblers, woodpeckers are now rare, and birds of prey are seldom seen. I used to hear Owls, but not now. More trees are sick and dying than should be as well.

All of this is occurring as the geoengineering in the sky has accelerated: It is now a daily occurance in our area (Dallas-Ft. Worth). The major culprit is definitely Aluminum particles which is 30% of aerosols that are sprayed by aircraft flying at the top of the troposphere.

I invite all who read this to google "What in the World Are They Spraying". This 1:37:00 minute video does a good job explaining much more than the simple loss of birds.
I have been photographing birds and flying insects... (show quote)


Also keep in mind that ferrel cats account for billions of birds lost every year.

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Dec 9, 2019 17:40:15   #
old poet
 
Feral cats have been around forever. Yes, they take birds, but they do not account for the recent steep decline.

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Dec 9, 2019 18:11:13   #
John Maher Loc: Northern Virginia
 
Too many people!
See: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/25/hiking-elk-driven-to-brink-colorado-vail

Too many photographers.

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Dec 9, 2019 18:52:00   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
Les Brown wrote:
Feral cats have been around forever. Yes, they take birds, but they do not account for the recent steep decline.


Perhaps they have reached their evolutionary end.
We all know evolution is real and these creatures, like the dinosaurs, have reached the end.
Very true and simple explanation that makes total and complete sense.

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Dec 9, 2019 18:59:56   #
PaulBrit Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
 
olemikey wrote:
I have been where I am in Florida for 41 years now, I can testify to the alarming lack of insects (and I live in and around forest and wildlife preserves) - 40 years ago, if you hung a light bulb from a string (or a bug zapper) in my back yard for several hours after dark, there would be thousands of bugs of all sorts in a 20-30 foot circle around it, and several inches deep in the ten foot circle. Put a light out there now, past my yard boundery and into the woods/forest, virtually nothing, a mere handful....yes, things have changed.

We have multiple feeding stations around our home, and water full time, yes there are fewer birds every year. In fact, global counts show the bird populations dropping by close to 1.5 billion each year, and accelerating (and pollinators as well). They rarely spray for mosquitos anymore in my area, the last warm evening I was sitting out, I had one mosquito land on me - in Florida, in the woods, near swamp, with a light on - nothing - that just isn't right!

As the earth/atmosphere continues to heat up, the sub-tropical and temperate zones are slowly moving north, weather and weather systems are changing. Poisons have been and still are taking a tremendous toll on all critters, they are fully in our food chain now. Clean Water needs, and on the flip side sea level rise will impact upwards of 150 million just in the US, clean water will be even more scarce than it is now. My inland (St. Johns river basin) home may well be beachfront, or in water full time.

The critters and humans are in for some shocking changes, insects, birds, other animals, agriculture, and water are all going to be a big problem. There will be wars brought on by lack of water, food, and a safe place to live, much greater than now. The US Military Services (combined & NASA) recently reported to the President and our Government on the threat through 2050 and beyond, with dire concern about the US military capacity to mitigate and even respond to US, regional, global famine, flood, severe weather events, FIRES, other natural disasters, with potential for severe if not life ending impact for hundreds of millions/Billions of Humans, and any other creatures. If you want to investigate this on your own, start looking up and reading, the information is out there, and it doesn't come from crackpots and doomsdayers.

Many of us will be dead or past caring (some already are!), but our progeny will suffer greatly. They will be the instrument of change, if they want anything near the lifestyle we currently enjoy. For those who feel it is a joke, you are part of the problem. The "END" isn't near, but it is going to be a long slow miserable ride to it, it is time for real change, change for the good.
I have been where I am in Florida for 41 years now... (show quote)


I’m nearing the end of my life (I’m 75) a good life in the main but it’s only in the last, say ten years or so, that I realise how little I cared for the planet when I was younger. I suspect there are hundreds of thousands of others who are in the same boat.

So while I agree with every word, there’s a tiny part of me that thinks that the young, the so-called millennials, will put their minds to the problem in a big way; quite likely a technological way. There is great change underway already!

It is both a fascinating and frightening period to be alive

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Dec 9, 2019 19:54:26   #
Nikon850
 
Here’s an article for you. I’m in the Upper Midwest and am seeing far fewer birds at our bird feeder. No doubt, the bird seed is likely raised with pesticides and herbicides but the real reason may also be linked to cellular towers.

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Dec 9, 2019 20:05:58   #
photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA
 
I don't know a lot about Texas (it is a big state) and the robin migration, but I do know that a lot of robins winter in Connecticut; they feed on a variety of berries that stay on bushes (an example is holly). Here in Connecticut we have bald eagles wintering, nesting, and staying for the summer. We have a variety of hawks and turkey vultures. My daughter lives in a more rural area and her dog goes crazy at night because of the owls in the woods near her house. A number of years ago the West Nile Virus obliterated our blue jay population, but they have now bounced back for a number of years.

As to bugs, I drove cross country (seas to shining seas) twice (so far) (once through the Texas panhandle!) and the number of dead bugs on my windshield was astounding! I had to clean my headlights everyday because the bees were attracted to the dead bugs on them.

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Dec 9, 2019 21:12:36   #
Wishdriver
 
Friend,

It’s true. Birds are disappearing, vanishing from our skies. 

As our research efforts recently laid bare, nearly 3 billion birds in North America have vanished since 1970. It’s a wake-up call for all of us.

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Just consider shorebirds in the U.S. and Canada: They’ve experienced a devastating loss of 17 million since 1970. Aridland birds and eastern forest birds too have declined by 17%.  And these are just a few of the groups that are showing alarming declines.  

But you can take heart in this simple fact: It’s not too late to reverse these disturbing trends. We can’t lose any more of these beautiful birds, and we need your support to bring them back.

We can find desperately needed conservation solutions — but not without concerned bird enthusiasts like you.

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Dec 9, 2019 21:34:30   #
Flying Three Loc: Berthoud, CO
 
Debunked: What In The World Are They Spraying? http://contrailscience.com/what-in-the-world-are-they-spraying/

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Dec 9, 2019 21:51:41   #
aellman Loc: Boston MA
 
Streets wrote:
I have been photographing birds and flying insects for the last ten years. Being very aware of their numbers, I am sorry to say the the decline of both has been alarming. This year, in particular, has been very bad. We had NO Robin migration, very few Warblers, woodpeckers are now rare, and birds of prey are seldom seen. I used to hear Owls, but not now. More trees are sick and dying than should be as well.

All of this is occurring as the geoengineering in the sky has accelerated: It is now a daily occurance in our area (Dallas-Ft. Worth). The major culprit is definitely Aluminum particles which is 30% of aerosols that are sprayed by aircraft flying at the top of the troposphere.

I invite all who read this to google "What in the World Are They Spraying". This 1:37:00 minute video does a good job explaining much more than the simple loss of birds.
I have been photographing birds and flying insects... (show quote)


Members interested in this subject will want to read this National Geographic article:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101005-planes-pollution-deaths-science-environment/

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Dec 9, 2019 22:41:12   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
billnikon wrote:

Biodiversity is falling everywhere. Not all species are effected but overall it is not good. Study after study shows this, and I can assure all who would doubt it that the scientists coming to these conclusions do not have a vested interest in this sad outcome. They get middle-class salaries either way . They get research grants either way.
I am saddened too see that some folks here continue to try to separate us into political tribes rather than unite us.

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Dec 9, 2019 23:09:44   #
mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois
 
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Biodiversity is falling everywhere. Not all species are effected but overall it is not good. Study after study shows this, and I can assure all who would doubt it that the scientists coming to these conclusions do not have a vested interest in this sad outcome. They get middle-class salaries either way . They get research grants either way.
I am saddened too see that some folks here continue to try to separate us into political tribes rather than unite us.


I'm largely apolitical, but it's pretty obvious that one party is oblivious to science, and the other accepting.

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Dec 10, 2019 08:30:27   #
duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa
 
G Brown wrote:
The last few years have seen hotter summers and wetter winters. It could be that birds have adapted their range a little bit. Most insect species (Bird food) are very good barometers of local temperature ranges...being mobile they do move out of an area that doesn't suit them. When they plant lots of rapeseed in our area the yellow fields create air turbulence and actually reduce local rainfall. So we get the tiny beetles that love rapeseed but a lot less bees,butterflies and wasps. They just bugger off for greener pastures.

Aircraft and Aluminum spray?......sounds like a conspiracy theory to me.

Have fun
The last few years have seen hotter summers and we... (show quote)


Maybe but seriously can we continue to leave jet exhaust in the atmosphere with no repercussions?

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