There many reports that the lack of insects made birds a greater threat for crops, compared to the past. [*] What is your experience, would you concur that the

There many reports that the lack of insects made birds a greater threat for crops, compared to the past. [*] What is your experience, would you concur that these birds were not as much as a threat some decades ago? [*] Many reports also indicate that their number has grown, but that in turn could be a consequence of their shifting diet, not being anymore dependent on a naturally limited resource (insects) and now using a resource way more abundant (crops for human food). So the reduction of insect populations would have had this surprising two-steps consequence of raising the number of their former predators.