Yep, that's what I was talking about. At 2:00 today, the journal Science<https://science.sciencemag.org/cgi/doi/10.1126/science.aaw1313> released the results of a study led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and coauthors at six other institutions, showing that 29% of the breeding bird population has been lost from the U.S. and Canada since 1970.
Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Project Manager Distance Learning in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 ________________________________ From: Magnus Fiskesjo <magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 3:33 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>; Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu>; Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu> Subject: "The mass disappearance of North American birds" Woa, these may be what you anticipated ...!? Shocking, sad ... / Magnus The Crisis for Birds Is a Crisis for Us All: The mass disappearance of North American birds is a dire warning about the planet’s well-being. By John W. Fitzpatrick and Peter P. Marra Dr. Fitzpatrick is the director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Dr. Marra is the director of the Georgetown Environment Initiative. New York Times, Sept. 19, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/opinion/crisis-birds-north-america.html Birds Are Vanishing From North America: The number of birds in the United States and Canada has declined by 3 billion, or 29 percent, over the past half-century, scientists find. By Carl Zimmer. New York Times, Sept. 19, 2019. Updated 3:27 p.m. ET https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/science/bird-populations-america-canada.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article -- Re: Migrants From: Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 9:26 PM To: Laura Stenzler; CAYUGABIRDS-L; Magnus Fiskesjo "Watch this space!" Look for some fascinating, and depressing information about this topic in the next couple of weeks! Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Project Manager Distance Learning in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 From: bounce-123920973-3493...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-123920973-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Magnus Fiskesjo <magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 9:10 PM To: Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] Migrants What a lucky occasion! Such flocks seem rare. I have not seen any of these birds migrating this fall, no warblers, despite a number of excursions. I think I have seen just one Yellow-rumped warbler. In Lindsay Parsons the other day, the only migrants were 2-3 warbling vireos (also, a couple catbirds and goldfinches, but those would be local residents, I think?). Otherwise silent and rather empty, and most places seem pretty empty of birds ... is my admittedly unscientific overall sense. In birdbooks and online, one often sees notes on drastic declines in various birds, because of farming, poisons, etc. There was a discussion here earlier, involving experts on numbers of breeeding birds, and it was interesting to read, but also inconclusive, and I still wonder if there are things to read that sum up what we know of the overall big-picture decline of bird numbers, if that is what is happening? --yrs. Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu ________________________________________ From: bounce-123920880-84019...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-123920880-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Laura Stenzler [l...@cornell.edu] Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 7:56 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Migrants Hi all, This evening between 5:30 and 7 pm there was a large migrant flock moving around our yard on Hunt Hill Rd, east of Ithaca. They went back and forth and generally stayed in the vicinity, which I found unusual and wonderful. As always, they were moving fast from spot to spot, hiding behind leaves and generally being a pain to identify. But I did see the following: Swainson's Thrush Robin Parula Warbler Magnolia Warbler Baybreasted Warbler Tennessee Warbler Black and White Warbler Chestnut sided Warbler Common Yellow Throat Red-eyed Vireo Catbird Chipping Sparrow Phoebe Eastern Wood pewee Titmouse Goldfinch Chickadee Hummingbird Plus a couple of warblers I was unsure about. Possible Pine Warbler and Blackpoll Warbler. But I am not confident about either. It was a fun and amazing 1 1/2 hours! Cheers! 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