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popsdenver

(1,314 posts)
57. Amen to that
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 04:57 PM
Aug 2025

same here in Denver........
when I was a kid here, (50's) there were tons of birds, and butterflys......you could go to any vacant lot and catch "HornyToads", go to any pond and catch tadpoles, frogs and crayfish.........

The other thing really obvious.......in the 70's, 80's, 90's we still got snows in the entire winter here in Denver, and even a 3-4' one a couple of times a winter......... The past three years, I haven't fired up the snow blower ONCE.......and rarely used it even back to 2000.......

Our front range is currently under RED FLAG Warnings, and they will last until October..............

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Birds are gone [View all] 4bonhoffer Aug 2025 OP
No birds. No bugs. No small mammals. marble falls Aug 2025 #1
Amen to that popsdenver Aug 2025 #57
Invasive Species OC375 Aug 2025 #2
I've come to believe that the human race is a cancer on this planet Dr. T Aug 2025 #34
I have held that view for years. Disaffected Aug 2025 #41
It definitely has the same spiritual integrity. mjvpi Aug 2025 #76
Yes. Alliepoo Aug 2025 #63
My Grandma was born on 1896 Chipper Chat Aug 2025 #3
The decline has been dramatic the past 10 years Easterncedar Aug 2025 #4
I'm also in the midwest somethingshiny Aug 2025 #5
Same here in VT paleotn Aug 2025 #19
Similar here Taylor Picker Aug 2025 #21
Love those gorgeous goldfinches! somethingshiny Aug 2025 #25
Since you mention it BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #58
Small town in Iowa.... Bettie Aug 2025 #71
I don't see any evidence of that, something is eating a lot of bird seed from doc03 Aug 2025 #6
Gray squirrels paleotn Aug 2025 #20
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
For some reason, it seems to be more noticeable this year. MLWR Aug 2025 #17
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
Have you listened to... FeelingBlue Aug 2025 #29
All year I have noticed the lack of wood thrushes singing RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #67
Silent "Fall?" 3825-87867 Aug 2025 #8
west nile virus ran through my area in 01-02. corvids r still not back. mopinko Aug 2025 #9
There are still birds, bugs, small mammals where i live. mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #10
We have a bamboo grove at our home Dave says Aug 2025 #43
Yes, it's horrifying. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #11
Plant something they like? Sharma Dreihund Aug 2025 #12
Guerrilla gardening. hunter Aug 2025 #45
I'm lucky enough to live in a part of Chicago where mucifer Aug 2025 #73
I think the summer heat is causing them to stay hidden, but the birds are still here FakeNoose Aug 2025 #13
Put out a feeder and keep it stocked! HeartsCanHope Aug 2025 #14
Yes somethingshiny Aug 2025 #28
Should have remembered this in my post. HeartsCanHope Aug 2025 #94
Insects. Topomi Aug 2025 #15
The animals understand what is going on Bluestocking Aug 2025 #16
No butterflies. sinkingfeeling Aug 2025 #22
Fewer. Not "no". But we are on the way. RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #68
Good to hear. I remember being a kid in central Ohio and the fields were full of butterflies. sinkingfeeling Aug 2025 #70
Robins stay here all winter Klaus Hergersheimer Aug 2025 #23
My mom I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #83
Last night at dusk I heard two screams. Tbear Aug 2025 #24
NE Ohio here. I still have plenty of birds in my backyard Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #26
When I was a youngster in the 50's randr Aug 2025 #27
Same Here EddieOnTheMesa Aug 2025 #30
Same here in Kansas. MuseRider Aug 2025 #31
It's because we're being gaslit that everything is ok, and, there's a collective delusion. Oneironaut Aug 2025 #32
Upper upper Midwest here GusBob Aug 2025 #33
See the Audubon song bird census Easterncedar Aug 2025 #35
Hmm...I'm not seeing that at all. MineralMan Aug 2025 #36
I love my red-winged blackbirds. Chipper Chat Aug 2025 #77
Yes. My wife and I like them, too. MineralMan Aug 2025 #99
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
Thanks for sharing the beautiful picture of this beautiful bird nt blue_jay Aug 2025 #56
We have Rebl2 Aug 2025 #38
When I notice the birds in our yard have gone silent and disappeared... hunter Aug 2025 #46
In my area, ForgedCrank Aug 2025 #39
This is scary. calimary Aug 2025 #40
Greater Chicago area here, and our backyard is alive with birds , squirrels and rabbits. 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #42
West Central Wisconsin here madwivoter Aug 2025 #44
Yup, insecticides, rodenticide and herbicides. republianmushroom Aug 2025 #47
Yes--all those poisons catchnrelease Aug 2025 #64
No shortage here in suburban Detroit. bif Aug 2025 #48
Silent Spring. justaprogressive Aug 2025 #49
My sister lives in the country in SE Indiana maxsolomon Aug 2025 #50
Our bird feeders were swarmed in the spring Bayard Aug 2025 #51
I don't know about your weather MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #52
Good. I noticed my car has been cleaner lately. Wanderlust988 Aug 2025 #53
I miss them flamingdem Aug 2025 #54
Even mix of house cats murdering lots of birds plus food declines IbogaProject Aug 2025 #55
I love cats I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #84
I love cats too, but don't let ours outside to murder. IbogaProject Aug 2025 #95
They are predators I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #97
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
YEP. AND YEP. BurnDoubt Aug 2025 #61
I've found that nothing attracts birds like moving water catchnrelease Aug 2025 #66
We had that early on, but now, seriously, if twenty birds show up it's a celebration. BurnDoubt Aug 2025 #74
100% right about the insects on the car catchnrelease Aug 2025 #82
I remember riding with my I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #86
Any canaries? nt Exp Aug 2025 #62
A woman on our local Nextdoor KT2000 Aug 2025 #65
I don't know how to post a song/video, but Dear Rachel Carson is worth the Intergoogles. Tom Dyer Aug 2025 #69
bird decline - 2,900.000,000 see link below Nigrum Cattus Aug 2025 #72
Birds and others LilElf70 Aug 2025 #75
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
I travel KS & MO a lot FoxNewsSucks Aug 2025 #80
It bothers me too I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #81
Pollinators like bees are now scarce where I am in Wisconsin. Ziggysmom Aug 2025 #85
Sorry to hear.... Glamrock Aug 2025 #87
Not sure jfz9580m Aug 2025 #88
Cats kill an estimated Trashman272 Aug 2025 #89
Habitat destruction due to human overpopulation jfz9580m Aug 2025 #91
"most of this (77%) is used for rearing livestock" - YEP RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #100
Is that something new? FoxNewsSucks Aug 2025 #96
Plant things that birds and bugs like.... William Gustafson Aug 2025 #90
we have crap birds. pansypoo53219 Aug 2025 #92
Was likevthat for a couple years here. Figarosmom Aug 2025 #93
People are earths parasites. punguin54 Aug 2025 #98
Birds aren't real. underpants Aug 2025 #101
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