San Francisco (eCanadaNow) - A new study has come out showing that the bird population in California has dropped significantly.
This is a continued trend which has been taking place seeing habitats being destroyed and species nearing extinction due to having no place to live. This study looked at over 40 years of data and saw California species declines of 74% all the way up to 96%.
The study was done by the U.S. Geological's Survey as well as the National Audubon Society's Christmas bird counts.
The evening grosbeak did the worst with a 95% decline in California. The numbers on a national scale for the species saw a drop from 40 million to 17 million and now to the 3.8 million of today.
Graham Chisholm of the Audubon Society stated that "We have done a reasonably good job of protecting some habitats, but we've already destroyed so much that remaining parts are very critical. People really need to support the remaining areas we have."
The big question though is how is global cimate change helping or harming these habitats? He stated that the birds "are down but not out."
