A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished

Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by mcsniff on Sunday July 16, 2023 @12:07PM (#36748509)

> How can this compete with the dozens of neighbors in a half-mile radius that have removed in excess of hundreds of trees, big ones like oak, pine, maple, hickory and up to five feet in diameter, and turn their yards into grass wastelands? I never even see my neighbors use most of their yards. How do you compete against that level of narcissisim and lack of empathy?

Moving might be an option. There are places where this doesn't happen and while you might have other problems, you probably won't have those problems.

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Re:A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished by otde on Sunday July 16, 2023 @12:37PM (#36748852)

I don't think the issue is whether GP lives next to neighbors with these kind of lawns, but more that the relative proportion of bird-hostile yards is outpacing any individual attempt to counterbalance. Moving only solves the problem if the only thing you care about is the extent to which you, personally, are forced to see one of the causes of this population drop in your daily life. It doesn't address the problem itself, which is kind of also GP's point.

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