PASSION
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PASSION
SAVING THE BIRDS
Bird populations
have been falling at an alarming rate.
With deforestation and the planet increasingly bare, most of their natural habitat has been lost.
Homeless and hungry, they are very vulnerable to predators such as cats
and they easilly stumble onto wind turbines,
depleting their population even further.
#LoveTheBirds
"The best way to predict the future is to create it" - Abraham Lincoln
Let's create a future where the birds are thriving
WHAT TO DO
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Provide food with a bird feeder
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Help insects: they are an important part of bird's diet
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Provide water
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Choosing energy supply reducing harm
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Provide shelter in the from of:
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putting up nests designed for small birds
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putting out nest building material (twigs)
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Planting native trees
FEEDING THE BIRDS
Birds need:
seeds + fruits + worms
A lot birds typically eat insects including earthworms,
however, populations of insects are at critically low level due to the use of pesticides
and inadequate agriculture machinery with sharp blades destroying the earthworm population.
The prevalence of landscapes of farming land and cities being too different
to the forests and meadows that insects and birds are cut out for is also another factor for the decline.
As a result, birds are facing a severe protein shortage.
In some instances, this impedes their ability to reproduce.
It is crucial that birds absorb worms during the reproduction season.
For lack of available water, birds are often dehydrated and therefore are not able to digest dry worms. But if you order bags or live worms, birds will throw themselves at them and will even come down from the tree towards you.
#ProteinsForBirds
#EndingPesticides
#FeedTheBird
#StopMonoculture #Polyculture
#RestorativeFarming
It is best you check what birds are present in your area
and research exactly what these species typically eat
HOW?
Use bird feeders placed as high as possible.
You might need a pole.
Creating your own from reclaimed materials
can be a fun project although in some cases they get raided by squirrels, in which case this will be solved by using a feeder with a dome.
Cages wrapped around feeders are also effective.
Thank you
WATER
Water is as indispensable to birds as food.
Water dipensers can be attached to trees.
Water in other accessible and safe places
is important as most bird species
have a bath every day,
a water feature or a pond is ideal
Thank you
Thank you
NESTS
The next generation needs somewhere to hatch.
Building a nest requires
not only a tree but also building materials.
If you look at cities, parks and even farming land,
you will notice that everything is super manicured
and that there are hardly any twigs anywhere at all.
As a result, there are hardly any nests being built,
for lack of building material.
You can either fit nests in suitable places
or even better:
leave out boxes of twigs
allowing birds to build their own.
#BirdNurseries
A WORD FROM
CREATIVE VIBES FOUNDER
One day as I was walking in the street in London,
I saw a tiny bird pick up a piece of plastic
He flew up and dropped it the gutter of a nearby house roof:
the bird had no materials to build a nest with
and had elected a gutter as proxy for a nest.
Garbage from the floor such as plastic was to create padding
and insulation from the variations of temperature from the metal of the gutter.
This is too sad.
Please help the birds.
Small birds need nests that the larger birds won't kick them out off,
so boxes with very small entrances are key.
TREES
To bring all bird species around the world back to healthy numbers
and ensure the survival of the ecosystem in balance on the planet,
it is necessary to:
1. plant trees wherever possible
2. fund reforestation.
#LetsPlantTrees
#FundingReforestation
THE OUTLIERS
Some bird species pop up from other parts of the world,
escaped from houses, pet shops or zoos.
The natural ecosystems where these species live is challenged,
they are starting a new chapter in another part of the world.
They are in survival mode and the new land appears unhospitable to them at first.
As a result, they can appear to aggressively crowd out endemic species.
This is a temporary phase, once the new species feel at home and able to survive,
they will settle in harmony with the rest of the local ecosystem.
Much like a problem child, the more love and care they get,
the sooner they settle into harmony and respect with their environment.
Note that they may be on a different nutrition plan than the endemic species.
In the U.K., you may have noticed these friendly green faces.
The beautiful, friendly and very chatty ringneck parakeets
are looking forward to making friends in their new area.
Their diet needs to contain more fruit and berries than other birds.
#TLCForRefugees
#LoveAllBirds
ENERGY SOURCES
REDUCING IMPACT ON THE BIRDS
Renewable energies have different impacts on the planet.
Solar is neutral on bird populations.
Wind turbines cause the death of lot of birds
and produces sounds disrupting the fine tuned harmony of the ecosystem.
It is possible to use off shore wind energy
as there are many less birds above water than there are above land.
The effect of the noise produced by the turbines
is also less problematic there.
#Solar&OffShoreAreTheFuture
Let's be friends
on social media
On Instagram we are:
birds.nature
best_birds_of_world
best_birds_planet
your_best_birds
hashidori2006
There are many others to dicover
You can also find us on YouTube:
many chanels feature bird sound recordings.
The chanel TheSilentWatcher has a good quality one.
#TechForGood
#BirdsOnSocialMedia
#SocialMediaForGood
#TechForConnectionWithNature
Tweet tweet
Follow us on Twitter
@martinroper5462
@britBirdLovers
There are many more
THE THERAPEUTIC
POWER OF BIRDS
Watching the beauty of birds and nature in general is therapeutic.
Listening to bird sounds has a powerful entrainment effect on the brain.
Some high security prisons in the US have tested showing nature documentaries
and have noted significantly reduced stress, irritability and agressions.
It reduced the number of incidents by 26%.
Accessing nature through technology is the best possible proxy, has true effectiveness,
and allows immersion in nature while at home or while in the office.
However, it can never be a full replacement for spending time in nature as it lacks:
1. Access to all the essential oils and other nutrients people absorb
through their skin or through breathing while in nature
2. Access to sun radiations
3. Sounds coming from random directions (bird calls in particular) in natural sourroundings
which cause the brain (the hippocampus) to pick up a habit of scanning in various directions for information,
thereby restoring abilities for orientation, balance and memory.
Through a computer or headphones, all sound comes from a predictable source
and is received consistently in the same angle, failing to stimulate some parts of the brain.
The daily recommended dose of connection with nature is a couple of hours a day.
#TechForGood
#HealingWithNature
#TechForWellbeing
#TechForConnectionWithNature
#StillSpendTimeInNature
#HappyBrain
