This week in birds - #622
A roundup of the week's news of birds and the environment : The traffic at the bird feeders has been heavy this week. Frequent visitors have been Red-winged Blackbirds , like this female. *~*~*~* The new administration's pro fossil fuel agenda is a threat to our national monuments . *~*~*~* And right on cue, the administration has killed a major report that was due on the state of Nature in the country. Those who worked on the report are hoping to publish it anyway. *~*~*~* Also thanks to the new administration, plastic straws will be returning to our lives, because, you know, that's what he ran on. *~*~*~* The president has nominated an oil industry insider to oversee drilling on public lands, because, of course, there will be drilling on public lands. *~*~*~* Here are the species we lost in 2024. *~*~*~* Pollution from factory farms can be seen from space . *~*~*~* A new study has found that people do actually pay attention to and are willing to follow expert clim...