North America has lost nearly 3 billion breeding birds since 1970 — 700 million of which were grassland birds. Since 1970, grassland bird populations have fallen by 43%
A bird less sky instead filled with the sights and noises of endless drones and flying taxis
Is this the future world we want
@ecowarriorss.bsky.socialAmerica birds on death row as USA has lost nearly half of its grasslands — to industrial agriculture, primarily — and continues to lose another 2 million acres each year
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The Bird Counters
On the last remnants of Missouri’s prairie, a six-person nonprofit is tracking the disappearance of North America’s fastest-vanishing birds — and looking for a way to save them.