It's for the Birds

This week there has been a report that billions of birds have died out in recent years. By that they mean that the earth now has several billion less birds than it did when we were young. For the past 35 years I have been feeding birds and enjoying their presence. But of course have no way of counting them and I think that they mean large flocks of birds they have been scientifically following.

Even so we have to decide if we believe them and if so what does it mean. They say that spraying the crops with poison is a major cause and the gain in human population is another reason.

In the bible it says; who hath believed our report? Rom 10:16, there are a lot of reports but which ones are we to believe? Here in the south there is a tendency not to believe any report that comes from north of the Mason/Dixon line. In the bible it says that we can believe a report if there are two or three witnesses.

I tend to look for motivation; does the reporter have anything to gain? In this case I see no reason to lie and with modern cameras and equipment and record keeping they surely have the ability to count. So what does it mean? Yes it probably is something like the canary in the coal mine. Something is going on and mother earth is in trouble.

The question is; what shall we do about it? In most cases it will require massive effort and action by politicians from many different countries. That means that we should be aware of the problem and encourage our leaders to take whatever action necessary to help preserve our planet for future generations.