Migrant birds from Africa in serious decline: study

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060526/sc_nm/environment_birds_dc;_ylt=ApPgye3ulyiunioe0HKTK31xieAA;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NmhocGZ1BHNlYwMxNzAw

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Several bird species that make annual migrations between Africa and Europe have experienced drastic population declines and scientists are not exactly sure why, conservationists said on Friday.
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The findings were revealed in a study by the Britain-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and BirdLife International.

"Scientists fear that their dwindling numbers -- well over 50 per cent down in some cases -- may be a warning of widespread environmental damage, which could soon affect man as well," the RSPB said in a statement.

"Climate change, drought and desertification in Africa, and massive pesticide use on African farmland may all be to blame for the declines of once common UK birds such as the spotted flycatcher, wheatear, wood warbler and turtle dove," it said.

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we are in such trouble and we have a monkey who wants to be a big man with a bring it on attitude to Nature. And as they say in Earth First...Nature Bats Last...We are in such trouble
:hide:

most of us are redundant.

When they're ready, we shall die.

Not by EMP. Too harsh and would render too many useful components worthless.

It will be biological with the elite vaccinated.

One way or another, it's feen fun. And for me to say that should be opening quite a few eyes. After all, I have a reputation for being just a tad negative and cynical at times...