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Easterncedar

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8. Look in any hardware store

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:40 AM

Aug 13

Walls of pesticides. And no one reads the labels.

I used to work in a plant nursery, and people would come in telling me that they’ve been spraying insecticide all over plants they were trying to treat for fungus or mildew. It never worked, what a surprise.

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here is my take on the decline of birds. [View all] AllaN01Bear Aug 13 OP

We observed a less than normal migration last spring, but attributed it to more tailwinds than headwinds. surfered Aug 13 #1

thanks for your information. AllaN01Bear Aug 13 #2

🙏 surfered Aug 13 #3

I think it's high use of herbides and pesticides on GMO crops Ohioboy Aug 13 #4

We poison their food, we poison what's eating it ... marble falls Aug 13 #5

Skyscrapers along narrow migration routes Easterncedar Aug 13 #6

Urban areas Coloradan4Truth Aug 13 #7

Look in any hardware store Easterncedar Aug 13 #8