Birds Are , Rapidly Disappearing , From the Earth.<br />'The Guardian' reports that in the <br />past 50 years, a fourth of all the birds <br />in North America have disappeared. .<br />In a recent opinion piece, author Kim Heacox shines <br />a light on these amazing creatures and the grim warning <br />their disappearance represents for humans. .<br />In 2021, wildlife officials <br />announced that a male <br />bar-tailed godwit flew <br />8,100 miles from Alaska to <br />Australia in under 10 days. .<br />The godwit, tracked with a small <br />solar-powered satellite tag, set a new , "land bird flight record.”.<br />Godwits aren't the only birds that <br />cross incredible distances every year. .<br />The Arctic tern, which flies from pole to pole, <br />travels the equivalent of three trips to the <br />moon and back over the course of their lives. .<br />The Arctic tern, which flies from pole to pole, <br />travels the equivalent of three trips to the <br />moon and back over the course of their lives. .<br />Bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas at staggering altitudes which exceed 20,000 feet. .<br />However, nearly everywhere, birds are in decline. .<br />Multiple states have recorded massive <br />die-offs of flycatchers, swallows, <br />bluebirds, sparrows and warblers.<br />Multiple states have recorded massive <br />die-offs of flycatchers, swallows, <br />bluebirds, sparrows and warblers.<br />The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the <br />ivory-billed woodpecker and Bachman's warbler <br />as two more newly extinct species of birds. .<br />The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the <br />ivory-billed woodpecker and Bachman's warbler <br />as two more newly extinct species of birds. .<br />When the last individual of a race <br />of living things breathes no more,<br />another heaven and another earth must <br />pass before such a one can be again, William Beebe, Naturalist, via 'The Guardian'
