I'm born and raised in NY and we always had a very nice mix of songbirds. So much so that they were so ubiquitous they basically went unnoticed. Lately I've begun to notice that there are often no birds in sight or within earshot, or if they are any, they seem few and far between.
Evidently this is not a fluke.
"Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone... A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada"
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-birds-back/
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/762090471/north-america-has-lost-3-billion-birds-scientists-say
It's a real loss. I'm no statist, but we share this planet with other beings and we should alter behavior that threatens their existence.
