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I feed birds. It's just amazing watching them eating and drinking water. Everyone demands rights but not many care about the responsibilities like taking care

• hutzlibu 3y ago
  The idea is, that nature can take care of its own quite well, if left in peace and bird feeding can be actually harmful, as you bring in more nutrients artificially with the result, that an ecosystem than has more birds, than it can sustain on its own, which can lead to local collapse of that ecosystem (too much duck shit in the lake for example).
  • gsky 3y ago
    Given the share of forestation, droughts and pesticide use in agri sector i do not think leaving them to their fate is not a good idea.
    • hutzlibu 3y ago
      Well, that's why I added "if left in peace". And if you want to do something good for birds, ideally you do something good for insects. Otherwise it strongly depends what kinds of birds you feed.
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      • bryanrasmussen 3y ago
        >Well, that's why I added "if left in peace". I think a reasonable reading of the first comment understood all that.
  • Cthulhu_ 3y ago
    Practically speaking, it can depend on garden design; fill it with concrete / slabs or fake grass will discourage any nature, but plants and healthy soil will encourage it. We went from a green-looking (ivy walls) but ultimately desert-like back yard to a pretty lush haven for birds, bugs, bees and butterflies. And the occasional mouse or frog, but I think the cats bring those in.
  • bigbillheck 3y ago
    Very few parts of nature have been left in peace.
  • BurningFrog 3y ago
    Birdfeeding is a lowkey domestication of birds.
• uoaei 3y ago
  Man belongs to the world, the world does not belong to man.
• awestroke 3y ago
  Taking care of nature? Are you aware that birds are able to feed themselves without assistance from humans?
  • myshpa 3y ago
    True, we should let them search for food, especially when there's enough food around. When food is scarce (winter) it may be a different story, though. And water fountains in the summer are good not only for the birds, but for other wildlife as well.
  • dividedbyzero 3y ago
    Only if you leave them enough of an ecosystem to do so. That's probably the most important part of "taking care of nature", and one we're currently failing at terribly.
  • adammarples 3y ago
    The US has lost about 25% of its birds in the last 50 years
  • lancesells 3y ago
    What if I limit your food source and make you leave your house / apartment? There's a chance you would need some assistance.
  • micromacrofoot 3y ago
    we’ve destroyed much of their habitats
• myshpa 3y ago
  > not many care about the responsibilities like taking care of nature Our farming practices (deforestation, pesticide/herbicide use, insect die offs ...) and diet preferences are driving many species, including birds, to extinction. We could significantly reduce the damage by restructuring our diets; however, not many people seem to care about that. https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26231772/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26231772/ Biodiversity conservation: The key is reducing meat consumption https://www.birdlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SOWB2022_EN_compressed.pdf https://www.birdlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SOWB2022... 1 in 8 bird species is facing extinction https://www.salon.com/2020/08/18/the-pesticide-that-caused-bee-colonies-to-collapse-is-killing-birds-now/ https://www.salon.com/2020/08/18/the-pesticide-that-caused-b... The pesticide that caused bee colonies to collapse is killing birds now https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/april/almost-half-of-all-uk-bird-species-in-decline.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/april/almost-half-o... Almost half of all UK bird species in decline https://emagazine.com/bird-population-declines/ https://emagazine.com/bird-population-declines/ Bird Populations Declining Fast Across North America https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/2-out-of-3-north-american-bird-species-face-extinction-how-we-can-save-them https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/2-out-of-3-north-american-... 2 out of 3 North American bird species face extinction https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2216573120 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2216573120 Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe
  • ETH_start 3y ago
    We could raise consumption while expanding the area of protected wetlands by building more nuclear power plants to power vertical farms, and expanding industry and energy harvesting outside of Earth. This avoids having to convince people to deny themselves their preferred foods, and arguably, reduce their quality of life, to protect natural habitats. It's a better strategy for both humanity and nature.
    • vegetablepotpie 3y ago
      Someone posted a research paper [1] a few months ago that says that due to energy consumption, the use of vertical farming doesn’t provide a net space savings for caloric dense foods. I’m curious what you think of that paper and what it would change about your suggested solution. [1] https://raghavan.usc.edu/papers/smartfarm-limits21.pdf https://raghavan.usc.edu/papers/smartfarm-limits21.pdf