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Embrace the theme ''Protect Insects, Protect Birds''. Together, we can make our planet a safer place for insects, and thus birds.
Environment for the Americas Director, Susan Bonfield, welcomes us to World Migratory Bird Day. Watch the statement of the EFTA Director for Americas!
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Migratory birds are always a delight to watch and to have our generations watch them, we must keep them safe. Warm greetings on World Migratory Bird Day to everyone.
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A new law that was signed on Aug. 11 will help guarantee all Illinois residents get the hearing aids they need.
According to a news release from State Sen. Dave Koehler (D-Peoria), House Bill 2443 requires all insurers to provide coverage to Illinois residents if their doctor prescribes a hearing instrument, which can cost up to $4,000.
“Prescription medication is covered by your insurance, so why aren’t hearing devices that our hearing professional prescribes?” said Koehler. “This law makes these devices accessible for everyone and eliminates the chance that someone would not be able to afford them.”
This helps expand on a bill signed in 2018 that required insurers to cover hearing aids for children under the age of 18.
House Bill 2443 will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
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WMBD Prep Sports Recap: Sept. 18, 2023 [Video]
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Oil spotted at Bonaire's East coast, could come from Tobago -local media 1470 & 100.3 WMBD http://dlvr.it/T3KNW9
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Birds need bugs, and both needs our help.
Insects and other invertebrates are an irreplaceable part of every ecosystem on Earth. When insects are in trouble, so is everyone else – as we can see clearly from the struggles facing many birds. In the past 50 years, bird populations in North America have dropped by over 3 billion individuals. Almost all of these losses come from species that feed on insects, mirroring the ongoing declines of those insects themselves. While that can sound bleak, it is also an opportunity: by conserving insects, we can make a difference for many more animals too!
The interconnectedness of insects and birds is at the core of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, and the Xerces Society is proud to be a partner with this movement to protect bugs and birds alike. While plenty of non-migratory birds also rely on insects for food, those species that do undertake long journeys every year are especially impacted when bugs are scarce. Whether enough insects are available can determine the timing, duration, and overall success of bird migrations.
Many birds rely on bugs for food during the most important parts of their lives
Insects, arachnids, and other bugs are a critical part of the diets of many birds. Bugs are full of remarkable nutrients, providing birds with protein-dense, high-energy sources of food. Some birds such as warblers, flycatchers, swallows, and swifts, feed on insects for most of their lives. However, many birds that we might not think of as insect-eaters rely on insects during migration and at other important stages in their lifecycle, in particular for raising their young before they are able to fly.
Indeed, many of the birds we regularly see eating seeds from feeders secretly also need insects to survive! Seeds are fine for adult birds that have strong enough beaks to break them open, but baby birds often can’t eat them at all! During the nesting season, parents must catch insects and spiders for their chicks.
Contrary to what many people think, we often underestimate how much birds of prey rely on insects for their diet. The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a species found all over the world and loves soaring over fields to snatch insects from the air. It captures the big ones like grasshoppers, cicadas, beetles, dragonflies, butterflies and moths.
Bird and bugs are facing the same threats
Where natural spaces, such as forests or grasslands, are transformed or destroyed by activities such as intensive agriculture or urban development, insect populations drop, often dramatically. Damage to a few key habitats can create a negative cascading effect that results in severe bird population declines, across the many species that share a migration route.
Likewise, pesticides often have dangerous consequence for wildlife. Many pesticides affect many different species, apart from their intended target. This can be either directly (by killing them) or indirectly (for example by polluting water bodies and affecting water invertebrates’ development). The use of chemicals in agricultural fields can dramatically decrease the population of kestrels and other birds that would otherwise control insect populations. And in our yards, pesticides can impact species like hummingbirds, and the insects they depend on for survival.
Together we can take action for birds and bugs
Why are we at Xerces so happy for birds to eat plenty of our favorite insects? While it can be sad or uncomfortable to see a bug you like get eaten, that interaction is also a part of nature. A healthy ecosystem can support enough bugs that while some are eaten by birds, plenty others survive and reproduce. Birds also help control the populations of the few insect species that can be problems for humans, such as mosquitoes and insects that can damage crops.
And many of the strange and wonderful things about bugs, such as the bold colors of monarch butterflies, the incredible jumps of grasshoppers, or the fascinating mass emergence of cicadas, have been shaped by evolving in response to predators like birds. They wouldn't be the bugs we know and love without that evolutionary history.
Every action we take to save insects from pesticides, or to conserve nesting habitat for birds, helps the other. Together, bird watchers and bug fans can make a healthier world for everyone.
Here are ways you can stand up for these animals:
Learn more about World Migratory Bird Day, and join an in-person or virtual event!
Create bug-friendly habitat around your home, and organize with other passionate people to protect larger areas from development and unregulated industry!
Use alternatives to pesticides, and support food growers that are committed to reducing pesticide use!
Protect nocturnal bugs, and birds migrating at night, from light pollution!
Get involved in community science efforts to help monitor at-risk species!
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CAT/UAW’s contract is about to expire
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CAT/UAW’s contract is about to expire
PEORIA (1470 & 100.3 WMBD) – The current contract between Caterpillar Inc. and the United Auto Workers Union expires at midnight Wednesday. Union members at Peoria area Caterpillar plants gave leaders the authority to call a strike against the company at the end of January, in the event an agreement between CAT and the UAW could not […]
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Peoria County Coroner’s Office Gets A Major Software Update
Peoria County Coroner’s Office Gets A Major Software Update
PEORIA Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria County Coroner’s Office received a new technology program Monday to keep operations running smoothly.
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The office is now switching to a completely digital documentation system. The format will allow for less opportunity for error and generally more efficiency, and allows the coroner to access and update case files at the crime…
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WMBD Sports Recap: Sept. 23, 2023 [Video]
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