Birds Are , Rapidly Disappearing , From the Earth.
'The Guardian' reports that in the
past 50 years, a fourth of all the birds
in North America have disappeared. .
In a recent opinion piece, author Kim Heacox shines
a light on these amazing creatures and the grim warning
their disappearance represents for humans. .
In 2021, wildlife officials
announced that a male
bar-tailed godwit flew
8,100 miles from Alaska to
Australia in under 10 days. .
The godwit, tracked with a small
solar-powered satellite tag, set a new , "land bird flight record.”.
Godwits aren't the only birds that
cross incredible distances every year. .
The Arctic tern, which flies from pole to pole,
travels the equivalent of three trips to the
moon and back over the course of their lives. .
The Arctic tern, which flies from pole to pole,
travels the equivalent of three trips to the
moon and back over the course of their lives. .
Bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas at staggering altitudes which exceed 20,000 feet. .
However, nearly everywhere, birds are in decline. .
Multiple states have recorded massive
die-offs of flycatchers, swallows,
bluebirds, sparrows and warblers.
Multiple states have recorded massive
die-offs of flycatchers, swallows,
bluebirds, sparrows and warblers.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the
ivory-billed woodpecker and Bachman's warbler
as two more newly extinct species of birds. .
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the
ivory-billed woodpecker and Bachman's warbler
as two more newly extinct species of birds. .
When the last individual of a race
of living things breathes no more,
another heaven and another earth must
pass before such a one can be again, William Beebe, Naturalist, via 'The Guardian'