300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

  • TheReturnOfPEBEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    A lot of song birds with their heads blown open by fireworks lay around this forested neighborhood after every 4th of July and New Years.

    For freedom, I guess.

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      This is only likely in areas where large numbers of birds are nesting or roosting.

      From the first Google result I got, per “Dr. Kevin McGowan, senior course developer and instructor for The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Academy”:

      In the end, Kevin emphasizes that fireworks most often serve as a nuisance to birds, not a danger. “Unless you have a situation where there you have a bunch of sensitive birds in one place, then it seems unlikely that it’s going to be much of a disturbance,” he says.