Where did the bird songs go? It's not your imagination: dozens of common bird species have declined in the U.S. at an alarming rate over the past few decades. A study released by the National Audibon
Society in June 2007 indicates that the populations of the most familiar American birds are dropping at alarming rates. What do you hear? Power tools, electric nail guns and backho's. That's the mating cry of a DEVELOPER. There is a cause and effect relationship.
Among the many causes of bird decline are loss of forests, wetlands, grasslands and other key habitats in favor of magnificent new subdivisions with names like Oak River Shores and Raven Roost Highlands. Hunters also like to shoot birds for fun.
In other words, we're killing the birds like we kill everything else.
Species on Audubon’s list of 20 Common Birds in Decline have seen their populations plummet at least 54 percent since 1967.
