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I would hate this if I'd live there but it's still fascinating. These birds are so smart. I wonder how birds will do in like 200-300 years. Some birds in urban

I would hate this if I'd live there but it's still fascinating. These birds are so smart. I wonder how birds will do in like 200-300 years. Some birds in urban cities already fly through the subway system to find food.

taberiand 5y ago
In 200-300 years, given the projections of climate change? Probably about as well as everything else...
- NotSwift 5y ago
  Even apart from global warming, approximately 1 in 8 bird species are already on the brink of extinction. Major causes are loss of habitat, introduction of predators (cats, rats, snakes) and spread of diseases (bird flu is already pandemic but new one will certainly arise).
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
Not only that. They live in the stations, because why not? Perfectly protected spaces. Except if flooded. That's not exactly wanted here, because of the corrosive bird shit, possible interference with information displays, signalling systems and/or overhead wire/third rail, health concerns, and so on. But somehow they manage to evade or adapt all countermeasures so far. Mostly pigeons/doves, the 'rats of the air', but also some larger seagulls. Funny when you stand on the platform, bored, watching some talking heads yabbering on some projected screen, waiting for a few minutes until the next train. And then suddenly one of the larger seagulls serenely gliding in out of the tunnel along the track, against the direction, scanning the platform. Like WTF!?