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[jimabernethy]

Image by @jim_abernethy // A mother Ring Necked Stilt hides her 3 newborn fledglings as best she can shortly after they leave the nest for the first time! All Wildlife and their behavior captivates me and dramatically improves the quality of my life substantially! I watched this family's parents build their nest, incubate their eggs until they hatched and finally teach their young how to survive! Today life is much much harder for all wildlife, because of a multitude of man made issues such as habitat loss, discarded plastic, herbicide and pesticides and water pollution just to name a few! I In fact in a recent study conducted by "The Cornell Lab of Ornithology" our planet has lost nearly 3 billion birds across all groups of birds in the US and Canada since 1970! This is totally man made and very hard to even contemplate! Here are 7 things you can do to help our beautiful feathered friends! 1. Make our windows safer by installing screens, film or paint to help the birds see the glass! Roughly 1 billion birds die yearly from flying into glass. 2. Keep cats indoors! Domestic cats kill 2.6 billion birds annually. 3. Rewild your yard, by reducing your lawn and planting native plants. 4. Avoid using pesticides and herbicides that are toxic to birds. 5. Only drink shade grown coffee! 75% of all coffee grown is sun grown which destroys forests that birds need. Shade grown coffee is environmentally friendly for all wildlife. 6. Refuse to use one time use plastics! 7. Enjoy our birds by getting outside in addition to using bird feeders for healthy foods at home. Count the species and numbers of them and report them to ebird to help monitor our feathered friends! Do you love birds? Does watching birding behavior excite you? We only protect what we love! I love birds and all wildlife! Please help me protect it. Link in my bio will take you to my wildlife conservation campaigns! @jim_abernethy @wildlifevoiceinc @sealegacy #TurningTheTide #birds #babybirds #ringneckedstilts #bethevoice #stopneedlessslaughter #bethevoice #endglyphosate #cleanwater #stopthepoison #lovenature #saveeverglades #ilovebirds #Bethechangetheworldneeds (at Wakodahatchee Wetlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/B52iriYpMb6/?igshid=gsrp82hgai46

[jimabernethy]

Video by @jim_abernethy // Black-Necked Stilts in Slow Motion Nature drives my passion, fuels my drive and warms my heart! I can't think of a single time in my entire life that I have regretted my time in the wild! Being able to capture it in a multitude of different formats constantly drives my creativity and challenges me to learn all I can in order to persuade as many people as possible to help me save all fellow earthlings! I'm hoping you all enjoy my feed and help me protect the wildlife of our beautiful planet! @jim_abernethy @sea_legacy @wildlifevoiceinc #birdsinflight #ringneckedstilts #beautiful #TurningTheTide #conservation #epicencounters #everglades #saveplanetearth #bethevoice #love #gorgeous #SaveFlorida (at Everglades) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwG5u9nXds/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v4zdj2tsheh7