Peak Birds, you hypothesized it, and presto!
From Audubon, courtesy of ResourceShelf/Docuticker:
State of the Birds: Common Birds in Decline Source: National Audubon Society Audubon's unprecedented analysis of forty years of citizen-science bird population data from our own Christmas Bird Count plus the Breeding Bird Survey reveals the alarming decline of many of our most common and beloved birds. Since 1967 the average population of the common birds in steepest decline has fallen by 68 percent; some individual species nose-dived as much as 80 percent. All 20 birds on the national Common Birds in Decline list lost at least half their populations in just four decades. The findings point to serious problems with both local habitats and national environmental trends. Only citizen action can make a difference for the birds and the state of our future. + List of Top 20 Common Birds in Decline + PDF of Audubon Magazine Special Section (902 KB) + Technical Report, with tables and appendices (PDFs) http://www.docuticker.com/?p=14076 ... I'm sure that ripping up the topsoil in an area of Canada the size of Florida (...and that's just one project) is not responsible for this, or peak fish, or the most hellacious dust bowl you've ever seen a few years up the road(sic), or the 3:1 F/M birth ratio noted a few years back in a Canadian native community near one of the pilot projects for this government mandated eco-rape. That would be a conspiracy theory. Petro-business & national government in Cabal... cahoots... NO WAY! Hrumph... Leigh On 6/16/07, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David's point about declining fish stock and peak oil was interesting. Obviously, unless oil is being "produced" at a rapid rate the stocks decline -- At some point, production must peak -- maybe not next year; maybe in decades. My suspicion is that it is not too far off. Peak fish [a plug should go here for H. Bruce Franklin's excellent book], peak birds, etc. is much easier to measure. As Gene noted people find peak oil is more frightening; rather than organize for a more rational society, they want to cocoon into individualistic strategies, expecting a Mad Max world or a Gaza. The problem seems to be that the nebulous force called the left has not been able articulate a strategy. As a result, the warm and fuzzy idea of salvation via carbon trading has an obvious attraction. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
