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minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoDDT really did a number on urban avian predators; it gets concentrated up the food chain and then the eggs of birds become too fragile. I haven’t checked in for a few years, but I think New York City was making efforts to reintroduce them. And it’s funny to me to have an environmental initiative largely motivated by “something needs to be killing all these fucking pigeons.”
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agothey mostly remediated that at least for wild birds eggs.
DDT really did a number on urban avian predators; it gets concentrated up the food chain and then the eggs of birds become too fragile.
I haven’t checked in for a few years, but I think New York City was making efforts to reintroduce them.
And it’s funny to me to have an environmental initiative largely motivated by “something needs to be killing all these fucking pigeons.”
they mostly remediated that at least for wild birds eggs.