An Easy Way to Save Songbirds

[j44ke]

Also keep your cats inside.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/n...united-states/

[monadnocky]

Also keep your cats inside.

North American Birds Declining as Threats Mount

Seconding this. Please, please PLEASE keep cats indoors.

[rowdyhillrambler]

I have one particular windo that they fly into-gonna get me one of them pens for sure.. I hate seeing those little dudes stunned or worse-

[ericpmoss]

I have one particular windo that they fly into-gonna get me one of them pens for sure.. I hate seeing those little dudes stunned or worse-

I bet a bar of soap would do in a pinch.

[guido]

I'm getting a pen tomorrow, then up the ladder I go.

One of the immature Rose Breasted Grosbeak males that, to our great joy shared our yard this spring and early summer, met his end on one of our windows.

A very sad day indeed.

[j44ke]

Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds : Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

[thollandpe]

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s suggestions to help birds:

1. Make Windows Safer, Day and Night
2. Keep Cats Indoors
3. Reduce Lawn by Planting Native Species
4. Avoid Pesticides
5. Drink Coffee That’s Good for Birds
6. Protect Our Planet from Plastics
7. Watch Birds, Share What You See

Allow me to share some of what I've seen (Tip #7):







They're missing one blatantly obvious tip: drive less. The number of birds killed by house cats must pale in comparison to how many are hit by cars and trucks. We've all done it. We all see it. Rarely a day goes by that I don't see a dead bird on the road. Big birds, small birds, pretty birds, ugly birds.

That seems like a conspicuous omission. Is it inconceivable to suggest that we can do some good by simply driving fewer miles?