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From: Pastor Dale Morgan <dgrmor...@telus.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:43:06 -0800
Local: Thurs, Nov 20 2008 6:43 am
Subject: Sparrow numbers 'plummet by 68%'






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Sparrow numbers 'plummet by 68%'*


The house sparrow feeds on insects like aphids during the summer months


BBC - The population of house sparrows in Britain has fallen by 68% in
the past three decades, according to the RSPB.


A report by the charity said the paving over of front gardens and
removal of trees had caused a big decline in insects that the birds eat.


It suggests sparrows are now disappearing altogether from cities such as
London, Bristol and Edinburgh.


Dr Will Peach, from the RSPB, said many gardens had become "no-go areas
for once-common British birds".


Starving chicks


Scientists from the RSPB joined forces with De Montfort University and
Natural England to investigate the decline of the house sparrow.


They studied numbers in Leicester over a three-year period and found
that they fell by more than two thirds.


Dr Peach said every pair of house sparrows must raise at least five
chicks a year to maintain the population, but many were starving to
death in their nests or were too weak to live long after fledging.


The study did find that chick survival was higher in areas where
insects, such as aphids, were more abundant.


[Gardeners can help by] being lazy, doing nothing and allowing the
garden to be a little bit scruffy
Dr Will Peach, RSPB


Dr Peach said: "Peanuts and seeds are great for birds for most of the
year, but sparrows need insects in summer - and lots of them - to feed
their hungry young.


"Honeysuckle, wild roses, hawthorn or fruit trees are perfect for
insects and therefore house sparrows.


"The trend towards paving of front gardens and laying decking in the
back, and the popularity of ornamental plants from other parts of the
world, has made many gardens no-go areas for once common British birds."


He said gardeners could help sparrows by "being lazy, doing nothing and
allowing the garden to be a little bit scruffy".


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Urban birder David Lindo on how to attract sparrows to gardens


The study, published in the journal Animal Conservation, concluded that
the decline in house sparrows in Britain began in the mid-1980s.


In London, numbers fell by 60% between 1994 and 2004.


The house sparrow has been added to the list of species identified by
the UK Biodiversity Action Plan as in need of greater protection.




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I live in the north forest area and I have to say that our bird population is also down. Every morning the birds would wake me up with all their song but the last year or two I barely hear any!

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/His...8256BCF0016B6C9

Why should I feel discouraged?
Why should the shadows come?
Why should my heart feel lonely?
And long for heaven and home

When Jesus is my portion
A constant friend is He
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches over me
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He over watches me
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches me

I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me (He watches me)
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches (I know He watches)
I know He watches me

(I) I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me (He watches me)
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know, He watches me
He watches me
He watches me
I know
He watches me.

I live in the deep South. Last week I noticed a small flock of birds flying and realized that when I was young I used to witness huge numbers of flocks flying over. Of course, it could be that I'm not outside as when I was young so perhaps I just don't notice them now. I hope that is the reason I see so few.

First the frogs started vanishing, then the bees, now the birds...do you see a pattern of ecosystem collapse? It is a scientific fact that God wove a balance into Nature and into all of its ecosystems, when any species is removed, it is like removing a brick out of a wall. What happens when a brick is removed or a pillar removed from a building? The remaining bricks / pillars have to be burdened with more stress, eventually, it is impossible for one or two pillars or bricks to hold everything together and eventually it collapses. Notice in tangent with these successive disappearances food production is collapsing. Not only have people been removing the building blocks of this world, but also tampering with its genes, mixing plant and animal genes, and the new concoctions are harmful. Put it all together economic collapse, food supply collapse, ecosystem collapse, moral collapse...what is left? What is left is what is eternal...for those who cling to what is already dying, what will be left for them? Suffering upon suffering...

Lesliefain :

If you have any bird story, I would like to share it @



http://birdrevelationsjob12.blogspot.com/

Mashiach+Lev.14:49+Mildew+ 2 CARDINAL REDS
Jerusalem+Matt. 23:37:Hen/chickens:LEGHORN
FIG TREE+Job 12:7-8:the fowls if the air: CANARY
Luke 12:24:that they sow not+Murder+ RAVEN
Isaiah 34:11:Edom+GREAT HORN OWL
BIRD Stories, dated after 09-03-2008
BIRD BIBLICAL RESEARCH

THE DEEP SOUTH

Britain?

USA?

antarctica?

tell us about the penguins.........how're they doin'?