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.”
I’ve got nine laying hens and will probably get a few more this year. I’m doing my part.
Also I have all sorts of bird feeders. I’ve got one of those ones that sits in the window, and a damn squirrel keeps on coming into it and taking all the seeds. My dogs growl at him…and he fucking growls back, the little shit.
It’s an ongoing feud.
Make the seeds spicy. The squirrel will stay away after an attempt or two and the birds don’t have the receptors for the spice to bother them.
Oh that’s brilliant. I should’ve thought of that. I usually rub my pumpkins with Frank’s Red Hot (I put that shit on everything) to keep the squirrels from eating them.
Cayenne Pepper is usually the go to for birdseed. Have a video cam you can point out there? It would have led to hilarious footage if I had thought to record.