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Silence Of The Songbirds

by Bridget Stutchbury

Publisher: HarperCollins Canada

Paperback ISBN: 9780006395775 25 Mar 2008

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Migratory songbirds are disappearing at a frightening rate. By some estimates, we may have already lost almost half the songbirds that filled the skies only 40 years ago. Following the birds on their extraordinary 10,000-kilometre migratory journey, this book examines the most threatening factors in their extinction, from pesticides—still a major concern decades after Rachel Carson first raised the alarm—to the destruction of vital habitat, and from the bright lights and structures in our cities, which are a minefield for migrating birds, to climate change.

We may well wake up in the near future and hear no songbirds singing. We won't only be missing their cheery calls, we'll be missing a vital part of our ecosystem.