Quotes
One reason that birds matter - ought to matter - is that they are our last, best connection to a natural world that is otherwise receding. They're the most vivid and widespread representatives of the Earth as it was before people arrived on it. - Jonathan Franzen
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
- Roger Tory Peterson
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. - Aesop
The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.
- Joseph B. Wirthlin
One reason that birds matter - ought to matter - is that they are our last, best connection to a natural world that is otherwise receding. They're the most vivid and widespread representatives of the Earth as it was before people arrived on it. - Jonathan Franzen
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
- Roger Tory Peterson
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. - Aesop
The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.
- Joseph B. Wirthlin
Bird Census
If you where born in 1970, the bird population then as compared to now was three billion more birds than there are now. That is billion with a B Common birds—the species that many people see every day—have suffered the greatest losses, according to the study. More than 90% of the losses (more than 2.5 billion birds) come from just 12 families including the sparrows, blackbirds, warblers, and finches..
The first-ever comprehensive assessment of net population changes in the U.S. and Canada reveals across-the-board declines that scientists call “staggering.” All told, the North American bird population is down by 2.9 billion breeding adults, with devastating losses among birds in every biome. Forests alone have lost 1 billion birds. Grassland bird populations collectively have declined by 53%, or another 720 million birds.
“We want to keep common birds common, and we’re not even doing that,” said Pete Marra, a study coauthor who now directs the Georgetown Environment Initiative. Volunteers in Colorado have spent the last couple of months setting up and taking down 25 nets daily. Birds fly into the nets and volunteers remove the birds and weigh them, put a tiny identifying band on their leg and try to send the bird on their way in half and hour or less. Two tail feathers from from each bird is the least invasive way to collect DNA information. The studies have shown that some of the smallest birds migrate the greatest distances
In Colorado the populations statistics are gathered by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies." Our work doesn't happen without work," said Jacob Job, associate director of the Bird Genoscape Project. What is the condition of the bird's habitat-where they breed, eat, and rest, and what is behind the population decreases.
Birds of the Feather Always Stick Together.
What do you call a funny chicken? A comedi-hen !
When should you buy a bird? When it goes cheep!
Did you hear the one about the crow and the telephone pole? He wanted to make a long-distance caw!