Bye Bye Birdies

Karin Brulliard, writing for The Washington Post:

The sparrows and finches that visit backyard feeders number fewer each year. The flutelike song of the western meadowlark — the official bird of six U.S. states — is growing more rare. The continent has lost nearly 3 billion birds representing hundreds of species over the past five decades, in an enormous loss that signals an “overlooked biodiversity crisis,” according to a study from top ornithologists and government agencies. […]

There are 29 percent fewer birds in the United States and Canada today than in 1970.

I don’t know quite what to say about this, other than that it is very sad. Almost as sad as the fact that some people don’t believe humans are having any significant impact on our environment.