...there has been a spate of avian deaths, starting in August and culminating more recently; large numbers of birds have been found dead or dying in New Mexico.
Cue the knee-jerk-single-minded crowd: "This is devastating. Climate charge is playing a role in this." Desmond said. "We lost 3 billion birds in the US since 1970 and we've also seen a tremendous decline in insects, so an event like this is terrifying to these populations and it's devastating to see."
Please. People stop speaking when you don't KNOW anything.
Other speculation has to do with the wildfires in California; perhaps the birds attempted to migrate before they were prepared, or the smoke at the higher levels has damaged their lungs and air sacs. Stuff like that. Seems more likely that there could be some virus involved since smaller numbers had started mysteriously dying in August before the wild fires took off.
The point is that without studying the pathology of the animals, there is no way to know exactly what caused this. That work is being done now. I guess we will find out the truth.
You know what though? It won't matter. If you are a fanatic regarding global warming, no matter WHAT actually caused the birds to perish, the source will be attributed somehow to global warming. I harbor no belief that if it is proven that some disease killed them, that the people who blame their favorite cause won't continue to do so...
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