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another shoe box, I bounded up the stairs to
the second floor window, sliding it and the
exterior screen open just enough to allow the
bat to crawl over to the bottom of the shutter
and rejoin its mother.
This time I was successful, and 1 haven’t
seen any more wayward bat orphans since.
All of this made me start to think — was
there a connection between the declining
bees, hummingbirds and the bird and bat
deaths?
Then 1 discovered this report from the
Boston Globe:
Less of a buzz in North America.
Pity the honeybee, hummingbird, and bat.
And possibly us.
A report issued by the National Academy of
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Sciences said that the three species are “demon
strably” declining in the United States and
Canada, and that their losses are affecting not
just their populations — but potentially parts
of various ecosystems, including some parts of
our food supply.
The birds, bees and bats are pollinators, and
nearly three-quarters of all flowering plants
depend on them to spread pollen so that fertil
ization can occur and fruits, nut and vegetables
can grow.
Some scientists also believe that global
warming may be playing a role in the decline of
birds and bees and the flowering plants that
they keep alive. Under that reasoning — slight
increases in temperatures may be altering the
migration patterns of bumblebees... causing
plants to flower earlier in the season, .
thus throwing off the process of polli
nation.
“Were starting to see signals of
pollinators declining” said Allison
Snow, a professor of biology at Ohio
State University. “We don’t know yet
whether it is a looming crisis. But
what we are seeing is very disturbing.
We know how important these polli
nators are, and if they disappeared, we
would be in deep trouble.”
I’m not a global warming alarmist
— but additional reports I’ve discov
ered that confirm increasing numbers
of total species extinctions within the
last century also add to the cause for
concern. Are we damaging our planet
beyond repair? Is it too late to do any
thing about it? I
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