In Europe many breeds of ever-familiar song birds have disappeared over the years. Now it is the turn of the sparrows. In England, up to 90% of the sparrow population has disappeared, and Hamburg’s comparable loss sits at 50% and Prague’s populations have lost some 60 percent.
Is it disease or loss of habitat? Is it an increase in cats or the effects of acid rain? Or magpies or home improvements blocking nest areas? Dr Kate Vincent of DeMontfort University suggests that a decline in insects is leading to sparrow chicks starving to death. This effect is especially noticeable in Paris but also seen throughout Europe this spring, including Finland and Estonia.
See: http://news.independent.co.uk/...
Sparrows disappearing from Europe (5)
Archived Articles | 28 Apr 2006 | J-NENEWR
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The point is this; Estonians are a dying race, and therefore it pays to draw attention the all dying species. The more we draw such attention, the more acute the problem appears and the chances of a total catastrophe happening can be averted.
"In Europe many breeds of ever-familiar song birds have disappeared..."
Please be a bit more precise and name at least three; that being, with a stretch, the minimum for "many". I'll bet that you can't even name one.
What are you trying to accomplish here?
Please be a bit more precise and name at least three; that being, with a stretch, the minimum for "many". I'll bet that you can't even name one.
What are you trying to accomplish here?
By how much has the sparrow population of Estonia declined, J-NEN, and what does it imply? Do Estonian-Canadians need to know about it? Is there anything that we should, or could, do about it? In other words, what is the point of this contribution to Eesti Elu?
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