AOW 10.14.19

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• "Abundance Obscures Decline- the fact that 24 million Eastern Meadowlarks still survive hides the fact that 74 million have gone."
• Connect this quote from the article to the title of the article.

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• " The most ubiquitous birds have been the hardest hit."
• Explain this quote from the article.

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• If you have an article to view, share a few of the statistics from the text that are shocking.

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• What are the main causes and the effects of declining bird populations?
• How did we reverse the decline of hawks and eagles in the 1970's?

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• What is up with the cats? Dang!
• Domestic cats kill 2.4 BILLION birds a year.
• Window Collisions kill 600 million birds- who knew?

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• Discuss the seven personal actions that citizens can take to protect North America's remaining birds.

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• Consider the last sentence from the article- "Birds are down, but they are not out. When you give them half a chance, they can recover."
• Summarize what must be done politically and environmentally to refill the empty skies.