Researchers need help to determine which birds are most at risk from climate change. Here's what you can do
Apr 13, 2023 08:56AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Alessandra Wilcox removes a common grackle from a mist net at Pelee Island Bird Observatory in southwestern Ontario. Bird banding is a technique that typically involves catching individual birds in mist nets, placing a tag around their ankles and then releasing them. (Submitted by Alessandra Wilcox)
By Darius Mahdavi - CBC News - April 13, 2023
By Darius Mahdavi - CBC News - April 13, 2023
A widely reported paper published in the journal Science in 2020 estimated North America has lost over three billion birds since 1970 — almost 30 per cent of all individuals.
The causes are many — habitat loss, declines in insect populations due to pesticides, outdoor cats, window collisions — but climate change is a contributor, in part by altering the timing of life cycle cues of different species.
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