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In reply to the discussion: Birds are gone [View all]
Easterncedar
(5,357 posts)35. See the Audubon song bird census
Numbers have plummeted. No amount of local anecdote insisting all is well can change the facts.
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People do tend to notice the birds not singing in August, because that's when most songbirds are getting ready to
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2025
#7
FWIW, that doesn't mean they're not there. Humans just aren't that great at noticing silent birds, even in urban areas.
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2025
#18
I think the summer heat is causing them to stay hidden, but the birds are still here
FakeNoose
Aug 2025
#13
Good to hear. I remember being a kid in central Ohio and the fields were full of butterflies.
sinkingfeeling
Aug 2025
#70
It's because we're being gaslit that everything is ok, and, there's a collective delusion.
Oneironaut
Aug 2025
#32
I used to see American Kestrels all the time along a stretch of railroad track north of my house and it has been 20 ....
Botany
Aug 2025
#37
Greater Chicago area here, and our backyard is alive with birds , squirrels and rabbits.
3catwoman3
Aug 2025
#42
Neo-nicotinic pesticides. Personally I think they are why people are so stupid and angry
LT Barclay
Aug 2025
#59
As luck would have it, I have unintentionally been paying attention to our local wildlife
blue_jay
Aug 2025
#60
We had that early on, but now, seriously, if twenty birds show up it's a celebration.
BurnDoubt
Aug 2025
#74
I don't know how to post a song/video, but Dear Rachel Carson is worth the Intergoogles.
Tom Dyer
Aug 2025
#69
I'm hoping its not too late to turn around...plant native plants, eliminate pesticides, provide food and water
Fresh_Start
Aug 2025
#78
It's late summer; they don't sing much now. I've had a lot of birds on my feeders
Ocelot II
Aug 2025
#79