Birds are gone

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80. I travel KS & MO a lot

I've noticed that there are fewer birds. And far fewer insects.

In June, we were working around Salina, and one evening part of my group was out on the back porch of an AirBnB. There was a large number of songbirds and we sat listening for a while. Because it has become unusual. I remember 30 years ago being annoyed that if I left the windows open at night, the birds would wake me up early. Not any more.

A few years back, Thom Hartmann related a story from an OTR trucker that he'd noticed less need to clean his windshield. When I heard that discussion, I realized the same thing, but hadn't noticed it happen. In the 80's & 90's, there were many times that I not only had to clean the windshield at each fill-up, but stop once or twice between fill-ups just to clean the windshield. I remember once almost not making it to the exit because there were so many bugs the entire windshield of my car was coated. Not just a few splotches, but entirely coated.

Not any more. I rarely need to use the gas station squeegee these days. There are very few bugs.

Also, I hate those orb-weaver spiders. The ones that weave huge webs that can go from ground to overhead powerline and across the entire sidewalk. I had to keep watch for them when I take my dog for her after-dinner poop walk. 3-4 years ago, I noticed the spiders were gone. That same year, I also noticed the clouds of bugs which formerly swarmed every single streetlight were gone. Maybe 2-3 bugs per light remained.

Here, and other places, I think the birds and spiders are mostly gone for the simple reason that there is little for them to eat.

Humans have overbred and destroyed the environment. The planet will go on, but not with an environment that sustains life as we know it