stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News · 1 year agoPeople around the world got really into feeding birds during the pandemicwww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up195arrow-down1external-linkPeople around the world got really into feeding birds during the pandemicwww.popsci.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
Countries with higher species of bird diversity saw the biggest jump in searches for proper wild bird feeding.
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAs an aside, the UK has been obsessed with bird feeding for decades - to the extent that some species are evolving beaks more suited for feeders https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-10-20-british-birds-adapt-their-beaks-birdfeeders
minus-squarestarlinguk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWatching birbs is fun. We had a flock of sparrows that would adopt fledgeling blackbirds sometimes.
As an aside, the UK has been obsessed with bird feeding for decades - to the extent that some species are evolving beaks more suited for feeders
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-10-20-british-birds-adapt-their-beaks-birdfeeders
Watching birbs is fun. We had a flock of sparrows that would adopt fledgeling blackbirds sometimes.