Who is moving out en masse from Mass? The Birds. It could be another Hitchcock film but he would have to call it “The Birds – An Exodus from the Garden of Boston.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Study released in 2010 states that over 48 million Americans spend a fair amount of time eyeballing the birds. Bird watching has become a favorite pastime for many of us.
Scientists and researchers who are watching the birds from Boston to the Berkshires are noticing the absence of many species of birds these days. A report by Mass Audubon discovered that almost half of the population of the birds has up and moved out of Massachusetts. Part of the report blames global warming and still another cites over-development and depletion of wetlands. You can read the full article on Boston.com here.
I don’t know what to think anymore but I know this much is true. I told someone earlier today that the earth is a whole lot like our human body. If we take care of our body, we can expect to live a long and healthy life. Sometimes. Because sometimes there are things we cannot control like our heredity and genetics or getting run over by a car. I think the earth is like that.
There is going to be some ebb and flow to the climate change. It’s inherent that over the millions of years the earth has undergone geologic changes that affect the climate. The end result points us to evidence that most of the climate changes in the earth are repetitive and occur naturally. It’s sort of like genetics and our bodies. When change occurs, some things will change.
Before I get slammed for making that statement, I do believe that we can contribute to accelerating the process by not taking care of what we put into or take out of the earth.
I just think we may not understand all the reasons that the birds decided to move out of Massachusetts. Maybe it was just time for a change.
Amos 9:5 The Lord, the LORD Almighty-
he touches the earth and it melts,
and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
then sinks like the river of Egypt.
Sources:
http://www.fws.gov/
http://www.fws.gov/news/newsreleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=4021B369-DCA8-96B7-FAC7DE304690EF99
http://www.audubon.org/
https://www.facebook.com/NationalAudubonSociety