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Popping on the visualization (also linked above) bc there were a few questions about the data.
This chart displays the US Fish & Wildlife estimates of annual bird mortality in the U.S. from several human causes. /2
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 @Nonya_Bidniss @Sheril @Sheril This would be more readable if shown in millions. 2,400 vs 0.23 instead of uncountable zeros. @Sheril So frustrating that a meta analysis from a decade ago that was mostly guess work and approximation is still being sited as an accurate rate of cat caused bird deaths. They even state in the appendix that while most bird deaths are attributed to feral cats "no empirically driven estimate of un-owned cat abundance exists for the contiguous U.S." Here is a break down of why the data is essentially intentional misinformation from the NIH @BlinkPopShift @Sheril thanks for sharing, this is interesting and relevant. @Sheril Honestly? I've seen half a dozen birds killed by hawks at my bird feeder so far this year, and I've only seen one cat take a run at them, and he missed! Now how about a fact-check on the BS being spread by the liars at Republican HQ, about windmills and #birds. https://factcheck.afp.com/bird-deaths-misleading-numbers-conceal-biggest-culprits  Oh I been protesting this in outer-banks right next to the wildlife sanctuary in North Carolina, the election swing a win or loss by 10,000 votes and they approve these horrible projects with slim margins. @Sheril Humans have removed most predators from our landscapes allowing small birds to flourish in a way they would not naturally be able. Despite the cat predation, we don't see any small birds in danger of extinction. Cats pose no danger for condors, and condors are unlikely to be flying into glass buildings. So we would want to know what kind of birds are flying into the wind turbines. If condors ... that's a problem. If seagulls ... not so much. |
@Sheril while agreeing with the basic premise (wind turbines kill a suprisinglow number of birds) I do wonder if we are ignoring the "quality" when we just look at the quantity. I would imagine that cats mainly catch small, very common birds (sparrows, etc) while the wind turbines may kill a larger proportion of the bigger and more endagered species (birds of prey and the like).
Would be nice if there are numbers to back me up or prove me wrong.