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A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished (nautil.us)
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[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Food chain collapse starts at the bottom, with the tiny things, then the small things.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What comes after birds?

[–] GnomeAlone@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

The article seems to focus mainly on “backyard” birds that eat seeds, insects, etc. so predatory birds (like hawks, owls, etc), foxes, snakes, coyotes will probably take a hit. The populations of other things the predators eat will also be stressed since they will be hunted and consumed more frequently when there is less variety.