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  • Declining Insects probably cause declines in songbirds.

    I want to point out a possible connection between recent work that’s noticed dramatic declines in Germany’s insect population and recent work that’s noticed dramatic declines in England’s songbird population. Birds: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/09/decline-uk-countryside-birds http://www.dw.com/en/dramatic-decline-in-european-birds-linked-to-industrial-agriculture/a-38699308 http://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=7720 Insects:  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/18/warning-of-ecological-armageddon-after-dramatic-plunge-in-insect-numbers https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone A good guess is that the declines in insect populations are due to increased use of pesticides, or […]