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People around the world got really into feeding birds during the pandemic (www.popsci.com)
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Countries with higher species of bird diversity saw the biggest jump in searches for proper wild bird feeding.

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[โ€“] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] starlinguk@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Watching birbs is fun. We had a flock of sparrows that would adopt fledgeling blackbirds sometimes.