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by MonkeyMalarky 1181 days ago
Human contact has been a bad thing for a lot of bird species.
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the_third_wave 1181 days ago
...and a boon for many others, including other types of corvids, gulls, pigeons etc.
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BuyMyBitcoins 1181 days ago
While humanity’s impact has been a boon for a few dozen cosmopolitan species, the impact of humanity on most bird species has been a tremendous net negative. Especially for the Hawaiian Islands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaiian_animals_extin...

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dilznoofus 1179 days ago
...yeah, on the whole I can't imagine thinking that humanity's impact on birds overall has been a good thing

Unless you really, really love pigeons

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