Know that the fish and bird deaths continue..check out this map

[xiamiam]

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=214033381917754770249.00049914669207a782c3e

[xiamiam]

1. cant figure out why someone would unrec a statistical map..???

[ensho]

4. fear of the truth?

nt

[ensho]

2. all of these bird and sea dwelling beings deaths have repercussions

scientests should be telling us what to expect.

things like tree damage by insects that birds eat.

what it will do to our/world's food supply.

the list of repercussions is extremely long and will be constanting changing.

its time to be afraid.

[tabatha]

3. Jeepers, look at the US. The most.

Also, Australia's are in mostly coastal regions - where human population density is highest.

[slackmaster]

6. And none in Siberia

Maybe because it's the dead of winter, and there aren't any birds.

[CurtEastPoint]

7. That's what I was thinking...mostly in high human pop. areas.

We are the stewards of the earth. Not doing such a good job.

[slackmaster]

5. The density of reports looks to me like it correlates with human population density

Which makes sense, because having more people around increases the likelihood of an event being reported.

Except for Japan.

Why is Japan concealing its mass fish and bird deaths?

[Botany]

8. Is this just a function of more reporting or is there something behind these

..... deaths?

Some of the fish deaths can be explained.

[xiamiam]

9. well, there are 50 reports so far this year compared to 82 last year

many of those were related to the gulf spill last year

[sfwriter]

10. Of course near population...

...after all, if a bird falls in the wood s and nobody is there to report it...

That said, I went out to a movie yesterday, and at the interstate exit there were about 20 dead ducks scattered around. They had obviously been piled up that morning but not collected. I'd never seen anything like that.

[xiamiam]

11. in the bay area?

[disillusioned73]

12. We're screwed..

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. That lsit on the lieft of the map goes on and on and on....

tipping point, it feels like.

Mr. d says.." the earth is dying, and we are on the list".

I DO know this is the 3rd year this far south that we have had months of freezing weather, which lasted for weeks at a time with very breaks.

It is of some comfort that as I type this, I am watching about 7 species of birds at the feeders outside the window.
It is of no comfort that the chimney swifts and the hawks were not here this summer.
and no bees, very few of even the big bumble bees.
the hummingbirds were here for only a brief period, and late in the summer at that.