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Confirmation Reports Of Mass Die-Offs Of Bugs, Birds, Animals And Trees |
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Severe Pacific NW Loss Of Insects ...And Backyard Animals Starving From Cheryl Date July 16, 2023 ?Hi, I live in Olympia, WA. I have noticed insects disappearing the last few years but this summer, it's so bad all the birds, squirrels and raccoons in my yard are skinny and probably starving. Since Spring, I have seen only' 5 flies, 2 monarch butterflies, 2 moths, 4 small pale yellow butterflies (previously very common) and 1 dead baby slug. This spring into June was cooler than normal although June was dry, but still 'slug weather'. I have lived in the same house for 40 years and have seen generations of animals. The raccoons are nocturnal but they have never bothered my compost bin or outdoor plants in pots. This summer, they are digging in the plants and diving in the compost bin until I stopped putting food in it. I have never used pesticides in my yard and, at least a couple of my neighbors don't either. Also a few have noticed the same issues I have. I googled who I might talk to in WA re this and only got articles and places about pests. Any suggestions? Sincerely, Cheryl Bugs And Birds Gone In NW Washington State From Kayla 8-9-22 Hello, I live in northwest Washington state. I moved here from Monterey CA about six years ago. When I moved in, there were about five bird species, dragon flies, hornets, honey bees, bumble bees, beetles, some butterflies and a few moths. I have seen one bumble bee each year since but nothing else. I can hear birds and see flocks of crows...but everything else is gone. When I lived in Monterey, CA, I happened to move back to a neighborhood I once lived in 20 years before. The lizards and salamanders were gone, so were the honey bees, beetles, and lots of other insects I don't know the name or species of. It was as if all the spraying they had done around the condo complex had succeeded but it also wiped out everything on the paths around the park next door and the golf course (they probably sprayed as well). There were silent mornings unlike the noisy ones that I used to cuss because so many birds wanted to talk at sunrise. I miss them. I miss the bugs, too. The whole 'circle of life' is gone...and in biology, we used to discuss what happens when it stops being a circle. The circle of life is also gone (of course) where all the fires have destroyed so many trees, plants, bugs, birds, mammals (large and small). Here is a visual of fires and acres burned in the past 30 years. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/30-years-of-wildfires-in-america/ Kayla Extinction In Central Minnesota From Ron B 7-27-22 Mosquitoes, frogs, flies and many other insects are disappearing. This has been going for the last several years. Now the birds are disappearing. We are witnessing extinction. Ron From central Minnesota Fewer Bugs In Mississippi 6-2-22 In North Mississippi, where I have lived for the last 24 years, we have always had a large vegetable garden with a big orchard of fruit trees and dozens of blueberry bushes. We have noticed in the past 3-5 years a decline in the small European honey bees. This Year we saw them only in February when they were pollinating our Peach & Nectarine trees. They never came back to pollinate anything else that they typically would...such as the Blueberries or Pear or Plum trees. Our garden is being pollinated by large bumble bees that we are noticing strange behavior from, such as getting lost at night when they typically would be back at a hive. We have also seen them just drop dead in our driveway. Sweat bees have been Pollinating our herb garden flowers. Red wasps are doing a good job pollinating as well. But in years past were there would be 100s of them on our property building crazy sized nests that we would have to destroy, This year that is not the case. I have no idea where their nests even are located this year. and I only see a handful of them. Flies and mosquitos are still pretty prevalent. Fire ants are still everywhere. We have noticed that we have only seen 1 red cardinal this year. Last year we had 100s of them. Catastrophic Decline In Michigan From Garret 6-27-20 I have observed a great many local declines in insects and other animals in my area. I can say that there was a noticeable change from 2017 to 2018 in my immediate location, a mile north of Detroit, Michigan, USA. I have a modest area of backyard surrounding a worn-out asphalt parking area. What remains of the grass, etc. is about a fringe of 10 ft. (3.3meters) to the east, and what is called locally, the easement to the north of about 12 ft. (4 meters). On the west, likewise, is a fringe of grass about 10 ft. (3.3 meters), also. In this meager area I never use chemicals, and try to encourage wildflowers to grow in the north easement by seeding regularly. Every year I noted June bugs (brown beetles) in fairly large numbers emerge in late June. I observed large black crickets emerge in late August. I heard a loud, shrill cacophony of cricket calls every late summer. I also observed yellow jackets (a variety of wasp) throughout my backyard with a menacing presence. I would see fireflies in large numbers in June and July. Whenever I turned my back light on in the evening for a few hours, there were often large numbers of moths and other insects swarming around it. I have birdfeeders hung by my north window, where I observed, among the many sparrows, juncos, black capped chickadees, occasional woodpeckers, and other wild birds in the winter. It's not my imagination. I'm not in the habit of exaggerating. Since 2017, I see almost NO beetles, NO crickets (I don't hear them chirping in chorus), NO yellow jackets, only TWO wild birds (perhaps third and fourth) in the last year. (I do see blue jays, but rarely any crows.) I also no longer see earthworms or nightcrawlers in the massive numbers on the street and sidewalks after a rain. Mosquitos are rare. I say this while acknowledging the complete absence of amphibians I saw and heard in tremendous numbers as a child. What happened? Few Seabirds Left On Oregon Coast From Rick 1-23-20 Good morning Mr. Rense, On Saturday, January 11, 2020, I drove to the Oregon coast. The trip included the coast line from Tillamook to Newport, an area that I have visited hundreds of times over a sixty year period. On Saturday, N.O.A.A. was predicting 30 foot waves at the coast, so I was awake at dawn. Until around a decade ago, one would expect to see hundreds of seagulls inland in Portland, escaping the stormy conditions at the coast. When I was a child, I would see hundreds or thousands of seagulls during stormy weather. As I drove past our local large park, three seagulls were visible. When I arrived in Tillamook, no seagulls were seen in the surrounding dairy pastures. Zero. Traveling on highway 101 through Beaver and Cloverdale, there are some pastures and farm land. It was surprising to see no seagulls at these locations either. In the past, seagulls might well have been seen escaping the worse weather on the coast. Driving through Lincoln City, on several occasions a solitary seagull, or sometimes pair of gulls could be seen, but this was rare. None were seen in the parking lot looking for scraps. At Boiler Bay and Rocky Creek state park only one seagull was seen. In the past, these spots would have been excellent locations for seeing many types of coastal birds and whales. At Depoe Bay, I parked on the south end of the bridge and over several hours hiked as far north as Pirate Cove, a couple miles. My path included the seawall, dirt trails, and roadway...but always within several hundred feet of the coast. The seawall area of Depoe Bay has many shops and it was surprising not to see any seagulls looking for food scraps. As l hiked the trail adjacent to cliff, a wide view of the surrounding ocean could be seen but not one seagull. Once I arrived at Pirate Cove I saw my first large group of birds, six Canadian Geese foraging in a tide pool, something I have never seen before. No seagulls were visible. Six seals were seen at this location sleeping on a nearby outcrop. Once I arrived in Newport, I drove or walked the entire northern edge of the bay, several miles, stopping to take photographs along the way. Seeing a seagull was a rare occurrence. I finally found a parking spot in the historic bay front area and stopped to have lunch. While I walked past the local seafood processing plant no seagulls were seen. None. Also missing were the sea lions which normally could be heard barking from half a mile away. This day, I could hear no barking. The restaurant was at the end of a pier with more than a 180 degree view of the bay and sits 30 feet above the water. Over several hours, I ate lunch while looking out over the bay. Visibility was very good, but seeing a seagull was rare. When I use the term 'seagull' I mean ANY type of coastal seabird, unless otherwise noted. Seeing any sort of coast seabird was very rare. Where have they all gone? Ever since Fukushima, I have been watching things very closely. Japan is approximately 5000 miles away, due West, and the wind blows from Japan directly towards the west coast of America. If we assume that the wind speed is 50 miles per hour, it would only take 100 hours for radiation to reach our coastline. So I ask again, where are birds and why are they missing? Cheers, Rick Portland, OR Down In The Grass In NW France...Zero Insects Remain From David 1-7-20 Hello Jeff, I used to enjoy going down on my knees in the field and parting the tall grass and looking down at all the beautiful insects busy down there. So many different colors, lots of 'people' down there...a lot of life going on. It was great. The field was never sprayed with anything, at least the last 30 years. It was just grass and it fed animals. If I remember right, there were many, many beautiful insects down there in 1999, 2000, 2001. However, after Fukushima, by 2017 and 2018 there were none remaining in the field. The same thing in 2019...there were NONE to be seen. Zero. We are also chemtrail sprayed a lot, often the whole sky covered in chem dirt. Up above the clouds, they still spray. I don't see the trees dying yet as reported by Mike 6-20-19 and Jacob 6-17-19 in your Bugs and Birds Archive. I don't see birds dropping dead around our bird feeders as reported by Madra on 6-25-19. That's so horrible. Surely, that's soon coming to us here in north west France. And then there are the stunning reports of Yoichi Shimatsu. I cant deal with this...other than to seek Jesus. Best wishes Huge Decline Of Insects In Wisconsin From Henry 8-25-19 Hello Jeff... I haven’t seen anything on this subject in a while now and wanted to let you know something very, very weird is happening regarding this ‘bug' issue. A couple of years ago, I wrote that there seemed to be a drastic reduction in bugs here where I live. Well, it is even worse this year! Let me explain... I live in west central Wisconsin, not far from the Minnesota border and about halfway between the Twin Cities and Duluth. It is heavily-wooded rural country, and my home is located not very far from a place called Crex Meadows (which is really just a big swamp). I have lived here, at this location, now for over 12 years and one of the downside problems has always been the ‘bugs.’ They make summer time a painful experience...or so they did until these last couple of years. One of the big issues has always been wasps. I always had to keep several cans of spray on hand, and usually found several nests each year. By this time of year, I usually would have killed dozens on a regular basis while just trying to find their nests. And those little ones - the yellow jackets - can be quite aggressive, generally mean, and very hard to deal with. Well, so far this year, I have not seen ONE SINGLE WASP — not ONE !!! That’s just plain weird! And one more point on this - the mosquotoes this year were not nearly as numerous as in past years...even though it was wet and cool and ideal weather for them. However, we did have several late frosts which might have killed some of them off. The big thing I noticed regarding them was that they all seemed ‘stunted’. That's to say they were really small compared to the flying vampires of the past. This season, some of them aren’t much larger than a gnat. All in all, it has been a rather nice bug-free summer. Yet, I can’t bring myself to think that this is normal, or even a good thing. Something is wrong! Anyway, I know that you have had a very strong interest in this subject in the past (and you seem to be the only one), so I thought I would let you know what I am seeing here in Wisconsin. Thanks, and keep up the good work, Hank Click Here Bad News - Followup Birds, Bugs, Trees Rockford, IL From Mike 7-15-19 Dear Jeff... Just a few other observations to report from Rockford, Illinois since my previous letter and radio interview with you last month. The insect apocalypse continues. I have made it a point to search for crickets aqnd grasshoppers which were once plentiful in my area. Growing up, these insects were seen everywhere and easily. Crickets were especially noticeable due to their leg rubbing songs that would fill the summer nights at a level bordering on noise, often making it hard to sleep if you had your windows open. I cannot find any examples of either of these species no matter how hard I look, and I live backed up to a large park and small woods. I have now seen 6 Monarch Butterflies all season. I have a large patch of milkweed in my backyard planted to attract them, and still their presence is frightfully small. You used to see them in large numbers all summer. I am grateful that I have seen even this many. Back in the day you would have to use the squeegy at the gas station regularly to get the bugs off your windshield, as we live in the heart of farm country despite being in a mid-size city here. Not any more. We also used to have to scrub the front ends of our cars every week to get the bugs off the bumper and grill. Again, no more. As recently as a few years ago in the summer, I would always call me wife when I was returning home after my second shift job, in order to remind her to turn off the front porch light. There would be so many bugs attracted to it, you would have to walk through a literal swarm to get inside. No more. There are barely a few that hover around the light now. Same with the street lights and parking lot lights. You rarely see any insects swarming in any mass around these anymore. The presence of birds is likewise shrinking. The typical species for this area, like cardinals, bluejays, sparrows, red-wing black birds, grackles, starlings, and even robins are in sharp decline, just like the crows as I reported before. Sunburn, as officially reported by local tv news meterologists, is incurred in 15 minutes or less on exposed, unprotected skin, and has been this way for many days now! As we spoke about, you can feel the sting of the increased UV rays go right through your clothing. No wonder thee tress are frying out. They can't move, or seek shade nor shelter like we can. Temperature readings are being regularly under-reported every day. I can fully concur with Dane Wiggington's reports on this happening. My vehicle's and my home's thermometer show that the actual temp is always 5 to 6 degrees above the reported temps on the news or cellphone apps. As Dane says, this is an obvious ploy to keep the public misinformed on the dire nature of what we are facing with the climate. Take care, Jeff. -Mike (Rockford, IL.) Fukushima ELE - Zero Ticks In Parts Of North Carolina From David 7-8-19 Hi Jeff, I am a landscaper in NC and have been doing this for about 20 years. This year is the first year I have not had a tick, seen a tick or had to remove tick/s. In past years, it was possible to remove 3 or 4 a day. Not sure if this is related but I think it’s really strange. Thanks, David Insects Are Dying Off in Europe - An Apocalyptic Wildlife Omen - Tipping Point Was 2011 When Fukushima Was Destroyed Say Researchers - Worst ELE Since Dinos Lost Severe Decreases In Bugs, Birds, Animals For The Past 7 Years Near Springfield, MO From Madra 6-25-19 Hello Mr Rense... I want to add my report from Southern Missouri to your Bugs And Birds Archive. We are about 50 miles from Springfield, MO and we have watched a steady decrease in birds, bugs, snakes, frogs, turkeys and deer for the past 7 years. Trees are dying at an alarming rate...trees with roots in the water in springs and creeks. near lakes are dead and dying. Some die from the top down and some look like they got hit with a flame thrower. Green leaves are falling off in huge clumps... like a person undergoing radiation treatments which makes their hair fall out in chunks. The nuts on the black walnut tree are black inside and gooey. There are very few animals and what few there are tend to be young animals. The older animals are dead and dying. Birds are literally dropping dead around our bird feeder. We thought it might be the bird seed we buy but i don't think that's the case now. My chickens eat the same seed and they are not sick. The wild birds are sick. They sit on the ground and a cat can walk right up to them and they don't fly away. My cat doesn't bother them at all as if she knows they are sick and not worth eating. My cat walks right past them. Cardinals, cow birds, black birds, and hummingbirds are found dead. No one is noticing it because the area is thick with trees and brush...and it is hard to notice a dead bird in the grass. There are very few fireflies, there are no crickets. no tree frogs and no bullfrogs. I can hear one once in awhile near the creek but it used to be very noisy in the evenings. The song birds are silent. You can sit outside and not hear a single sound. Nothing. 'They' have succeeded in creating their ''silent forest' with their quiet weapons for silent wars. The GeoEngineering aerosol chemical spraying is bad. The saturation level is so high it is killing off everything. Bees are few and far between. Look at your windshields and grilles on your cars folks. There are very few bug splats...there's virtually nothing there anymore. That, alone, should send up alarm bells but sadly no one looks up from their smart phone to notice. The turkeys are gone. We used to hear them gobbling in the woods and see them in the early morning hours in fields. No more. Yjr deer are rare to see. Ground hogs are seem walking in circles, clearly confused and often getting hit by cars. They are often seen walking as if they don't know where they are or what they are doing. I've seen deer doing the same thing. (Editor's note - this is a CLEAR and obvious symptom of mad deer disease) Mankind is next! it is working its way up the food chain. The radiation - and the chemicals dropping from the sky from airplane aerosol spraying (chemtrails) is impacting every living thing on the planet. It is taking its toll. I suspect it won't be but 3 years before all wildlife, birds and insects may be gone at this rate. The die-off rate is exponential...doubling every year. Man deserves his fate. Human greed is willfully blind and is following the same people who are killing him and the planet. The animals, plants, fish and birds do not deserve what is happening to them. They are the innocents. Madra Birds & Bees Going Down In Central, Southern Illinois From Sharon This report is from Benton, in Central-Southern Illinois 6-22-19 Every year is more strange than the last. This is June 19th, and we are still seeing small, undernourished, young squirrels desperately trying to get into the bird feeder. We usually never see younger squirrels. They were nearly grown and healthy before we ever saw them. This is not normal. There are no dirt dabbers this year. We always have them making nests all over the back porch and in the garage. I saw one honey bee this morning on flowers in bloom. The first this year. I have not seen a bumble bee. We did have a few last year. There is one very large, hornet-like bumble bee, and a few wasps earlier. We have had birds the last two or three years that we never had before. They were here through the winter and spring. Now almost all birds are gone. The feeder hangs for a week at a time without filling. We haven't even put the bird bath out this year. There have been two pairs of small wrens in the bird houses. We do have four rabbits in the yard. There are two young bunnies. They look healthy and happy. We also have one chipmunk that comes to the bird feeder looking for what is dropped. I have seen one raccoon. We used to need to trap and relocate to keep them out of the garden. No skunks or groundhogs either. A family of hawks nested across the road in a large oak the past two years. Last year by mid-summer they were pulling worms out of the ground in the yard. I had never seen that before. I assume they were hungry. This year they are picking off the squirrels...the young ones have now disappeared. The hawks also perch right up by the garage and even on top of the truck. I have felt that they are asking for help. That is totally new behavior. During the winter the blackbird swarms were much smaller and didn't stay long. In the past they stayed much longer and messed on everything. There are no moles in the yard since spring. I can't say I miss them, but this is highly unusual. There are many very-young frogs that have recently hatched. That is unusual also. I don't hear frogs croaking at the back of the yard the way they always have in the past. I have not seen a fly this year and only a few mosquitoes. There have been no bugs on the front of the truck...............in a very long time. I just looked under the yard light. There is one small moth and something small flying around the outside. That's it! I saw a few fire flies last week. I saw none tonight. Trees seem to be holding up for now, other than the large oaks which have been dying for the past few years from galls. My understanding is that only weakened oaks die from galls. There are few cabbage butterflies in the garden. The past few years there have been no squash bugs. I could never grow plants in the squash family in the past as the squash bugs killed them. There are fewer bugs in the garden...beneficial and not. There are earthworms, but fewer than in the past. There are also a couple of small lizards on the back porch. And, there are few if any spiders. Granddaddy long legs were in abundance 20 years ago. I have seen none in several years. While friends in town said the bird count was close to normal last year - much less Roundup. There is a growing silence and the feeling of death and despair in the natural world. Addendum From Sharon 6-24-19 Jeff, these are additional observations that my husband and I thought of today... There are no longer birds on the power lines anywhere that I saw today while out. They were full in the past. There were no spider webs all over the back porch posts or the garage doors last fall. I don't see any now, either. I know of four mares that lost foals this spring and last spring. One neighbor lost a foal year before last being stillborn. Last year she lost another foal and gave up breeding the mare, thinking the mare was the problem. This spring we were told about three other mares about 25 miles from here that lost their foals. I don't know the details except the attorney who owned two of them thought it was from the hay having been sprayed with herbicide. I'm not sure what kind of hay, likely alfalfa or clover. They even took one mare to the University of IL equine clinic at Champain, IL. We haven't heard a coyote for several years. Fifteen years ago they were very prevalent and we could hear them every evening long before dark. We haven't seen a fox for a few years. We used to have one in the neighborhood that raised pups each summer. We have had two types of wrens that are not the usual to this area. One is quite large and four times the size of the usual house wren we have always had. It did not stay long this summer. It is much too large for the wren houses so my husband built a larger version, but it left. A week later a smaller, mouse-gray colored pair moved into the new house. It is slightly larger than the usual small ones we have, and we had never seen this type of wren before. It's habits are somewhat different as well. It likes to sit in the house hole and watch everything. There are a few spiders around, but not many. Have seen a couple of dragonflies. There are sea gulls on Rend Lake, which is a large man-made lake near here. Not sure what normal would be, but there are quite a few. There were quite a lot of pelicans on Rend Lake and another small lake in early spring. I'm not sure about now. My husband did see a very large and aggressive squirrel last week near Rend Lake. I believe it to be an older squirrel that was defending his territory. It seems to be the young ones that are suffering. Sharon Mass Bird, Bug And Tree Die-Off In Northern Illinois From Mike 6-20-19 Dear Jeff, I felt compelled to share information regarding the mass flora and fauna die-offs occuring in my area. I live in Rockford, Illinois situated roughly at 42 North latitude/89 West Longitude near the Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin border. Let me begin with the plants. Trees and bushes are dying at a rate starkly frightening. This began to be apparent about 3 years ago but has increased exponentially ever since. I would estimate that we are well past the 30% marker for trees dead or actively dying, while the rest are in obvious states of extreme stress and on their way out. They are burned out despite our area having above average rain fall this year and last. The ones dying from increased UV-B (and now UV-C making it to the ground) are characterized by dying from the top down. The ones dying from pollutant uptake through the root structures die from the bottom up, or within the limb structures then spreading out. This is no doubt due to the pollutants coming down in the air column and in the rain as a result of all the stratospheric aerosol injection for solar radiation management ocurring here (i.e. chemtrails). I used to photo document all of the chemtrailing going on, as it has really ramped up in the past 8 years, but it is so common place and regular now, what's the point? If people can't look up and realize something's wrong, pictures won't help them. Sheeple, indeed. Three years ago, I began to notice the tree and bush die-off. I told my wife, if this continues we'll be screwed in 5 years. It has, and we are! I have done a little experiment where I randomly stop at locations all over my city, and then scan 360 degrees. NOWHERE can you find a spot that trees are not dead or dying. The coniferous trees (pines) have been hit hard but the deciduous are also in free-fall. Even on my own property, I can note these following alarming, dire issues. Evergreen bushes that have been in place for over 20 years are dying and have almost lost all their needles in just this season. Barberry bushes are likewsie dying and have been decimated in just this one season. After the last two seasons, my rose bushes are fried and are barely holding. A Soft maple tree that is at least several decades old began showing black burn spots on its leaves last year by the Fall. Now, such singed leaves were evident by this Spring. Pink Honeysuckle bushes that span the south side of my property, that are 20 feet tall and 100 feet long, did not yield any viable berries last year for the first time ever (and I have been here 16 years). The little red berries they sprout at summer's end were all (100%) burned black to cinders. They could be smashed into ash in your hand. I expect the same this year. All the Cottonwood trees all over town have had the bark burned off of them down to the white wood beneath. Decades old Locust trees that line my street took a month longer to re-leaf this Spring, and now they are very stressed and lacking in complete leaf coverage. These examples are but a sampling of the destruction I see. In regards to animal life... There are no honey bees anymore. They are gone. Despite having planted a patch of Milkweed in my yard, I can count the Monarch Butterfiles I see all season on one hand. The crows, one of my favorite animals and a totem of mine, have been tragically decimated by the West Nile Virus. While growing up here you would see giant flocks (formally called "murders") of crows every night flying in from all over the city to flock together by the thousands. Now all you see are a few individuals here and there. Very, very sad. The Mallard ducks are likewise in great decline. While some are scattered here and there, I have not seen a migrating duck arrow in the sky for years. Again, tearfully sad. The bats used to come out in force every night and you could watch them sailing the sky to catch bugs. Very few bugs are left, and the bats have unfortunately gone with them. I could continue with this anecdotal evidence, but frankly it is depressing, sad, tragic. We are indeed within the 6th Great Mass Extinction, and humans are arrogant fools to think it will not include us. Michael Rockford, IL Little To No Bugs Or Birds To Be Seen In Middle Illinois And All My Trees Are Dead Or Dying - This Is An Extinction Level Event, No Doubt Whatever From Jacob Just would like to add my bit about the 6th mass extinction. Mid-Illinois is mostly farms and farmlands...and no native prairie left in the wild. I will share what I have seen on my and family's properties. As of today, over 50% of all the trees have died and the other half are dying. This is no joke. There are a few small to mid-size trees that look well but they are all under bigger and dead or dying trees . The tree leaves are burnt and falling off, especially if the wind blows hard. Mind you, this is occurring in early summer.as if it is October. Every day i can see more and more burnt and brown leaves on the ground. I Have only seen two (2) bees and no crickets, zero. There are very few grasshoppers and I have only seen one species of butterfly. Woodlouse and ear worms are on the rise but that could be because the Midwest spider population is also nearly gone.I can only find 5 species, total. The bird population from last year alone is down from hundreds of birds to about 20-30 birds, total, and most of them use our bird feeder. Can almost tell them apart because they are so few left. As for aquatic life in or around the ponds, There are few frogs, few turtles and no snakes at all. I am not a professional regarding the environment or wildlife but what I have seen with my own eyes in my 22 years of life - I can state that this IS an extinction level event.no question about it. Sparrows Vanish In Woodland Hills, LA Area From Wayne 6-20-19 The sparrows have disappeared at my office location in Woodland Hills, CA. This is the first time this has happened in my 20 years of being in this location and I closely observe the wildlife in this area. Wayne Little To No Bugs Or Birds To Be Seen In Middle Illinois And All My Trees Are Dead Or Dying - This Is An Extinction Level Event, No Doubt Whatever From Jacob 6-17-19 Just would like to add my bit about the 6th mass extinction. Mid-Illinois is mostly farms and farmlands...and no native prairie left in the wild. I will share what I have seen on my and family's properties. As of today, over 50% of all the trees have died and the other half are dying. This is no joke. There are a few small to mid-size trees that look well but they are all under bigger and dead or dying trees . The tree leaves are burnt and falling off, especially if the wind blows hard. Mind you, this is occurring in early summer.as if it is October. Every day i can see more and more burnt and brown leaves on the ground. I Have only seen two (2) bees and no crickets, zero. There are very few grasshoppers and I have only seen one species of butterfly. Woodlouse and ear worms are on the rise but that could be because the Midwest spider population is also nearly gone.I can only find 5 species, total. The bird population from last year alone is down from hundreds of birds to about 20-30 birds, total, and most of them use our bird feeder. Can almost tell them apart because they are so few left. As for aquatic life in or around the ponds, There are few frogs, few turtles and no snakes at all. I am not a professional regarding the environment or wildlife but what I have seen with my own eyes in my 22 years of life - I can state that this IS an extinction level event.no question about it. Major Insect Decline In Manitoba From Gord 5-4-19 Hello Jeff, I definitely noticed a major drop in insects in 2018 here in Brandon, Manitoba. I saw 3 dragonflies the entire summer when I normally see hundreds. The mosquitos were hardly noticeable which was very unusual. Butterflies were also less prevalent. I didn't have many encounters with ticks, which is good for us not so good for them. There were still plenty of ants. I thought overall the insect count was down compared to 2017. It will be interesting to see what this summer is like but critters could appear later than normal as so far May has been much cooler than average. I'm sure the drop in insect numbers is a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster as well as constant spraying in our skies from geoengineering. All those chemicals are raining down on everything, including us. Thanks for your efforts. Cheers, Gord Tremendous Loss Of Bugs And Birds In Georgetown, Texas From Chris 4-23-19 Hello Mr. Rense, I'm afraid it appears true what others have reported about the birds and insects at the article here: https://rense.com/general96/birdsbugs.htm We live in Georgetown Texas, about 30 miles north of Austin. Our neighborhood is park-like, as are many in the area, having a large number of trees and isolated wooded areas. There are no chemical plants or other types of factories near by. Wind direction is predominantly from the south. Being a nature-loving person, for the past 18 years I've carefully observed the wildlife, birds and insects here. I will say that this past few months has been different than in the past, here is why: First, when I turn the outside light on at night, in the past there were swarms of nocturnal insects, and it was literally impossible to open the door without at least two of them getting inside. This year, there are essentially no insects at the light. Second, for the past 18 years I awoke to the sounds of tons of birds beginning to chirp prior to sunrise. Even last year, this concert would play. This year, it is eerily silent at sunrise. One can hear in the distance, a few birds, but their numbers are obviously very small. Moreover, I used to leave the back door wide open. There would be an occasional hornet or housefly that would make its way in. This year, I have literally seen, not a single housefly. This in itself is amazing. Further, there would always be a cricket that would make its way into the house, about one per week. This year, no crickets. Can't even hear them at night. There are cicadas, but I can sense their numbers are much smaller, they used to "bug" the heck out of me, regularly. This year, I have not been annoyed a single time by their loud sounds. The mud dauber wasps numbers are way down also. In the past at any given time, one could observe within one minute, at least a dozen of them coming and going from our large garage. The loss of insects probably contributes to the birds not being around. Previously it was common to see a mockingbird chasing down and eating a grasshopper. Haven't seen that once this year. Haven't seen a single mockingbird. There was a next of hawks in the woods adjacent to us, for at least the past 10 years. They are gone now. We would regularly hear blue jays and other birds harassing an owl. This year, no owls either. I do observe however, everywhere I go, there is a heavy haze blanketing the earth, this is from the chemtrail spraying, it is evident. Our younger generation unfortunately does not have a memory of when the skies were clear. They do not know what the skies and landscape is supposed to look like. Right or wrong, in my mind, that is what has killed the insect life. This haze is everywhere. It is like a fog, hugging the landscape, even on 100 degree days of low humidity, when fog is meteorologically impossible. Best regards, Chris W Georgetown, Texas No Worms Of Snails In The Netherlands From Marcel 3-18-19 Dear Jeff, Here a note from the Netherlands... When it rains there always used to be a lot of 'rain worms' and snails around, catching some moisture. Not anymore. No worms and no snails in sight over here. I wrote that to a website where you can send in your observations (but it came back) with the mark that (my email) was a 'negative observation' and I could not put that on their website. They just said they did not know of this. Never heard anything from them again. This is the website, which I like: https://waarneming.nl/. There is an English option, too. Kind regards, Marcel Loss Of Bugs And Birds In Savannah GA From George in Savannah 3-14-19 I live in Savannah, GA on a barrier island amidst marshland that sees a daily inflow and outflow of salt water from the Atlantic and fresh water from local creeks and the Savannah river. I have a large hedgerow of Confederate jasmine flowering vines that is approximately 50 ft. long. Prior to a few years ago, when in full bloom, you couldn't get near it because of the bugs beetles, flies, and bee varieties, some of which when they buzz you, you can't help but duck or cower in fear. The jasmine smell is so fragrant and exotic that I‘d briefly stick my nose in the vines to gather-in the wonderful aroma but could only tolerate the bugs for a several seconds. Now, over the past couple of years I have noticed a marked insect decline. I observed this on my own. Aerial spraying for mosquitos has not been stepped up. There has been no takedown of the local forests, and no change or robbing of the protected marshland. Sadly, I expect again this year to be able to bury my face in the jasmine with my arms wide open, with only a few flies and hardly any bees to discourage me. Also the number of cardinals, very aggressive blue jays and woodpeckers are way down, and the big woodpeckers, the size of small ducks, I rarely see at all anymore. George from Savannah 99% Bugs Gone In Costa Rica - Scary! From: Wanda 11-12-19 I have been going to Costa Rica for 14 years. In the beginning, there were more bugs than you could imagine. From my house, I would always see huge wasp nests of various types, many were so large you could see them from over 100 meters distance. In the mornings, there would be many dead insects below the lights both inside and outside the house. This year they are almost completely absent. No nests, none of the very large black wasps, and none of the dead insects below the lights. From my perspective, I would estimate a 99% reduction in flying insects here. There are still scorpions and ants and cock roaches...but way way less flying insects. Scary! No Bugs, No NOTHING At Famed Mexico Resort From Kathryn 2-22-19 We recently went to Mexico for a vacation - Feb 2 to Feb 9 - in Playa de Carmen. We stayed at a resort called Vadata. Plenty of lights at night and low lights for pathways. There were NO bugs at any light, no frogs, crickets, no tree frogs, no lizards, no fish in the water, no ants, no flies...nothing. Very creepy, Thank You Crow Singular From Mark Lawrence In SW New York 2-22-19 You know I'm watching the birds Jeff. I'm now down to one local crow as there were 5 + that were in my immediate area for 15 years. They were always grouped or the stray one wasn't far behind. My cats are chattering from inside at the lone crow which they never really did unless it was up close. Now they're reacting to one across the street and fairly far back. I mention crows as they seem to be the heartiest bird out there in the winter here in So.Western New York. What's to be made of the ones I no longer see or hear? There isn't a bird I see that I don't marvel at and watch. I've been doing so for the pastt 6-7 years...because I know where this is heading...just as you do. Regards, Mark Cartoon About Disappearing Bugs On Windshields This Is A Massive Extinction Level Event Bugs And Such In North Florida From Mike in North Florida 1-5-19 We still have plenty of bugs here. Matter of fact, we are seeing more cases of the West Nile Virus due to the mosquito population. I firmly believe that the core meltdowns in Japan have destroyed plenty of ecosystem life, especially on the western coast of the USA. We still have radiation in the ground from the earliest nuke bomb tests. We should soon be able to minimize harmful radiation with the improvement of nano-tech. Here's hoping. NYT Magazine - The Bug And Bird Apocalypse The Coming Biological Annihilation Of The Planet? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html Ladybugs Missing In Northeast From Peter M 11-1-18 I live in the Northeast part of the U.S. This fall for the first time ever, no lady bugs trying to get into my apartment. In the past the bottom of my window for about two inches up would be crowded in Ladybugs. Just to let you know. Peter. Oregon - Mid-Willamette Valley Bugs and Birds From Mark A. 10-30-18 Hello Jeff, We seem to have plenty of Yellow jackets and Honey bees but no Bumble bees here between Albany and Eugene. Bugs, flies and gnats are everywhere. I don't see many mosquitoes anymore though. Lots of birds including Hawks and even a few Eagles. The only thing different now is the Raccoons have disappeared. They used to be everywhere out here and now they are gone, For the last 20 years Ive seen Raccoons almost daily and now I haven't seen them at all in 2-3 years. Very strange. Not many Bats like there used to be. Maybe thats why there are still so many bugs. We also seem to have a big population of Coyote's now that we didn't used to have. Things do seem out of whack. Best Regards Mark A. No Good Bugs Left In Upper Peninsula Of Michigan From: Jodi W 10-24-18 I live in the Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan (The Peninsula Between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan). We have almost no bugs. Lets start with Spiders.... I have always had a couple of dozen large spiders with large webs on my home. I never removed them because I enjoyed watching them so much. There webs would be full of all types of bugs. This year I had 1 Spider on my home and she did not even last for a couple of weeks. There are no bugs for spiders to catch in their webs. It used to be that if you had an outside light on in the evening it would attract hundreds of insects and moths. Now nothing but mosquitos. In the evenings you would see a lot of fireflies. The past 2 years none. This year when the June Bugs came up I only saw half a dozen. Usually there is dozens and dozens around the house. Earthworms too! Not many of those left either and I have wondered if that is because our ground has been so saturated from the abnormal heavy rainfalls. I used to have birds feasting in my big backyard on worms. Even cranes would be back there eating the worms. The birds that rely on the insects are nowhere to be found. Except the woodpeckers which I believe are struggling as they are working harder than ever to get bugs from the trees. If it wasn't for the seed and meat eaters there would be no birds around. Only a handful of Bumble Bees! I only saw 2 grasshoppers and usually there is so many of them it is annoying. I can't remember seeing any crickets or hearing them. Typically we see a lot of types of moths, not this year.... none! I never saw 1 bat this year. They eat bugs so they would starve here now. I miss the insects I enjoyed the insects. I miss the birds that eat the insects. This is a real serious issue and nobody is talking about it. The bugs that I did see Mosquitos, NoSeeums, and Rose Chafers in the thousands! Why? Radiation, Pesticides, Frequencies and excessive abnormal rainfalls are the major causes of this. I think! Ottawa, Canada - Very Few Insects Left From: Ingrid 10-10-18 Hello Jeff I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and have seen very few bugs this year. Few spiders, fewer butterflies, no monarchs or June bugs. Few bees, and mayflies. Dragonflies are. okay though there are fewer ants, grasshoppers and birds. We have noticed a clear reduction of insects every year since 3/11 (Fukushima). Not As Many Bugs In Nova Scotia From Greg S. 10-10-18 Hey, Jeff, There are just not many bugs here as there should be these days Normally, when driving your car for a few hours, the wind screen and front grill are full of dead insects. Hardly anything these days to wash off Greg Salter Stark Absence Of Wildlife On The West Coast ...And Now The Same Story On The East Coast From Edward W. 10-9-18 Jeff, I'm responding to the story about the absence of wildlife on the West Coast, et al. I live in a suburb of a medium city in eastern Tennessee. I've been gardening for about 8 years in my backyard using raised beds, containers and a greenhouse. I've always had to fight insects, both those trying to eat my veggies or the ones trying to get into the house when I open the back door. I even had to install a screen curtain on the door going out to the garden about four years ago. This year, things are REALLY weird. I never get bitten by mosquitoes anymore (I am fair skinned of English-Dutch ancestry) and they used to love me. Not now. They simply no longer exist in my back yard. Every year, I've fought with white nat-like things that eat my veggies leaves from underneath. Not this year. In the past, we've had to put netting around the tomato plants to thwart small attacking birds. This year, there are just no birds to be seen in the garden. Perhaps it's because the tomatoes are less than 10% of their usual size. The cabbage is tiny (worms aren't even interested or present), and my squash plants are burned...except those in the greenhouse that has a sun screen over it. Perhaps, even stranger still, is the fact that even my hot peppers, usually very resilient, are producing less than 20% of their usual output...despite the same care and locations we always provide. Something is badly wrong. --EW Even The Earthworms Seem To Be In Decline (Radiation Goes Into The Soil, Too) From Michael B. 10-10-18 One thing that my wife and I have noticed is the steep decline in the number of earthworms after a rainfall. It used to be, we would see fat, healthy earthworms and in good numbers. After a rainstorm today, we see very few ... and the ones we do see are skinny and sickly looking. Traveling The Western US...Very Few Insects Encountered From Larry W. 10-5-18 My wife and I took a trip from Medford, OR to Oklahoma in July . We left on the ninth of July and went over 140 to Klamath Falls to Lakeview. We then headed due east past Plush across the desert to Winnemuca, NV. From there to Salt Lake City up to Colorado and to Kansas. We traveled over twelve hundred miles before I first had to clean the windshield! The bugs were almost NON-EXISTENT. We did find some bugs in Oklahoma but still nothing like in the past. On the trip home up through South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, I cleaned the windows about three times during the entire trip back to Oregon...and this was in the dead of summer. Even going through some wetlands, we found almost no bugs on the windshield. In some stretches, we'd travels hundred of miles without a single bug splat on the windshield. No Bugs In Florida! From Dhan Eshwara 9-9-18 Hi Jeff, When I first moved to Florida in 1970 to go to graduate school at UF, the 'love bugs' were so thick you couldn't drive 50 miles before you literally couldn't see out of your windshield. Well, yes, they were a nuisance and maybe some smart guy at the University with a killer instinct figured out how to get rid of them. Problem is they got rid of ALL the bugs at the same time, and almost all of the birds. Flocks are so small you can count them - hardly a dozen. I was away from Florida for many years, returned this year to the Gainesville area (North Florida). While driving at night, hardly 1 or 2 bugs will splatter on the windshield. Something is very, very wrong. Is it the WiFi? And they say that 5G is going to be so much worse for all living things. This madness has got to stop. Are we killing the world to have the convenience of ubiquitous or wireless internet? That's insane. Better we go back to the Stone Age than to destroy the world. Keep up the good work you do, Dhan Ed Note - This is primarily do to the Fukushima Radiation ELE which has spread ALL OVER the Northern Hemisphere and the world. Alberta, Canada - Bike Rider Reports Massive Loss Of Bugs From George Webster Hi Jeff, Bugs. They used to drive me crazy. As an avid motorcycle rider in Alberta – land of the midnight sun – I have had to, in the past, stop every 100 miles or so to clean the bug guts off my full-face helmet. This year, I did a 600 mile round trip in the beautiful countryside, and never stopped once to clean off bug splatter. After a full season of riding (winter is coming) this year I can tell you that there is something wrong in bugville. Whereas the moths used to be so plentiful that the street lights were dimmed by their omnipresence, these days you might see one or two. Bees – forget about them, too...you might be lucky to see one or two here and there. The swallows, finches, bluebirds are all nonexistent now. Lots of urban crows and land-locked gulls – scavengers that will eat anything - but no small bug eaters. Whatever is causing this (I bet on Fukushima) I believe put us past the tipping point to the point of no return. I hope I am wrong, but fear I am right. I really miss bugs! George CO - Almost No Bugs Whatsoever From Shaun Pearman 9-3-18 Jeff... We have lived 18 years by a little lake in Arvada, Colorado, which is a suburb in the Denver metro area. When we first moved here, we could not open our back patio door in the summer or the kitchen would be loaded with bugs. We had to actually run a bug light inside our house at night because we were overwhelmed just opening any door going in or out. There was only a short time in late spring early summer this year that there were any bugs even coming in, and even then there were not many. The rest of the summer has been almost no bugs whatsoever. We also used to be awakened by birds in the trees in the mornings who would be singing very loudly. Now we rarely hear any birds at all. WA - Too Many Deer, Too Many Bugs From James Boyd 9-1-18 I live up in the mountains outside of Sequim Wash. I'm about 1200 feet above sea level. We have a lot of bugs and a lot of birds. I don't see anything different than I saw years ago. Luv ya Man. Too many deer and too many bugs. Update On Crickets And Wasps In San Gabriel LA From Charles Funaro 8-24-18 Hi Jeff, This is an update from my July 10, 2018, report. Since then, we have seen a few crickets but not the numbers seen in previous years. The green parrots have returned, also fewer in number. I found two mud-dauber wasp nests but I have not seen any wasps. Brown widow spider webs are also evident but I do not see the spiders perched and ready to pounce. Our reflecting pond did develop a healthy population of mosquito larvae (which were summarily dispatched) - still have not seen any flying mosquitoes, and only a few houseflies. Still no sign of tomato hornworm. A few dragonflies are also around, not as many as in prior years. In summary, the insect populations in our yard continue to be substantially reduced. Friends who live a few miles away in the Pomona Valley report abundant mosquitoes; thus, whatever is causing the reduction in our neighborhood may be localized. Charles Adirondack Bug Report From John 8-23-18 Twenty years ago, a trip through the Adirondacks of New York would leave your vehicle covered in bugs. I would need to scrub the windshield at least twice on the trip. It's not like that any more. They don't cover the windshield. They don't cover the bumpers and grille. I will have less than ten bug splats for the entire trip. Sometimes, there are none. Blackflies used to eat us alive when backpacking. Now there's almost none. The bugs are gone. How long until everything on up the food chain disappears as well? Willamette Valley, OR Die-Off From Dean 8-23-18 Jeff, In the mid Willamette Valley, I have a raspberry patch. There are some bumble and honey bees on the raspberry blossoms. Very few small birds now using the bird bath, unlike earlier this Spring. Some scrub jays and stellar jays still around. Much fewer swallows than last year. Drove to the coast, very few insects on windshield. Noticed that the tops of fir & evergreen trees around town are dead. A combination of lack of rain, radiation and other factors most likely stressing the trees. Topographical locations, rain or lack of rain, wind patterns and lots of trees or little flora may account for those areas with die-off and some areas with less effect. GeoEngineering (chemtrails) putting nano particles of aluminum into the environment incorporating into the flora and fauna, as well as a fire accelerant, is making forest fires much, much hotter. Many are arson-caused. The superstructure of America as designed by the founding fathers via the US Constitution is being dismantled piece by piece. Rense.com has covered quite well this ongoing process of destroying the American Republic and its people. When the White race in America becomes the minority in the nest 30 years, they will receive the South Africa treatment. It was not hard to see that when SA was turned over to the commie Black ANC government, under pressure from the libtards in Britain and the US, that another nail into the coffin of Western Civilization was hammered in. Thank you, Jeff Dean Insects And Animals Gone In Auburndale, MA From John 8-21-18 Jeff - I live along the Charles River in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Every spring we would get INVADED by black carpenter ants by the hundreds. This year - not one. Every year at the beginning of Summer, I go underneath the deck to get some portable fencing. I loathed this task as I need to clear cobwebs and spider webs (and spiders) away. None this year. My wife recently said "Isn't it odd that we've seen no spiders this year". There are no Mayflies on the screen door. No bees in our garden. No moths around our back porch spotlight. Very, very few mosquitoes - and we live off a fowl meadow along the river! We used to see swifts every evening from civil twilight to the beginning of astronomical twilight dive after bugs. They are gone. Just over the past few days we've heard crickets and cicadas, but other than that it's been eerily silent. In regard to animals, I've yet to smell a skunk this year. I haven't seen a raccoon in a few years, and there is an abundance of chipmunks, almost out-of-place, who seem to be enjoying a predator-free environment. Strange and very sad. Keep up the great work. You are one of the few I can trust and believe. John Oregon Coast Nearly Devoid Of Animal Life From Greg Barnes 8-9-12 Hi Jeff... During our trip through Oregon... The Fernridge Wildlife Area, normally teaming with life, was virtually devoid of animal life. We counted approximately 20 ducks...that was it! The heartbreak of this trip was our visit to beautiful Yachats, OR just north of where we lived in the U.S. There was zero life in the tide pools we inspected. A wet handkerchief moment for us both. Having been blessed with, and still having 20/20 vision and a falconer since 15, I notice any bird of prey. In the 2500 miles we traveled in Oregon, we counted one (1) Sparrow Hawk. On an average two-hour round trip for years, from the coast to Eugene every week, we could usually count over a hundred Redtailed, Sparrow, Red-shouldered and a few Cooper's hawks. And during our entire visit, our car had a total of 8 windshield bug strikes. Strange Things Along The Washington Coast From Curtis 8-5-18 Jeff, This story repeats over and over here on the Washington Coast. In a typical year we have loads of birds out in our yard every morning but in the last 3 years they have all but vanished. We could sit outside in the evening and watch the martins flying around by the dozens, catching insects. This year, I see a few and that is all. The swallows have also thinned out to almost nothing. They usually leave around the same time each year, but the last two years, they have left very early and this year, they are almost all gone. The bugs I don't miss, but they are thinning out. I also wonder if the Orca's diminished birth rates and the fact that a pod has had zero successful births since 2015 have something to do with the accident. We as a nation and a planet need to face the fact that all of this is like giant warning light, flashing in our face. Is it too late for us? At this point, I think we are pretty much done. Best Regards, Curt Wildlife Extinction Catastrophe In The Florida Everglades The Fukushima ELE Continues To Wipe Out Life From Scott 8-2-18 Have spent a good deal of time down in the Everglades of Florida. We are now having red and blue tides with thousands of dead fish and manatees washing up around here, too. The Everglades, once loaded with wildlife, has virtually NONE now where we visit. Not one squirrel, not one bird, no raccoons...NOTHING. The Department of Fish and Wildlife doesn't know what to make of it. Scott Berlin - No Birds, Insects, Flies, Mosquitos Or Moths Southeast Ohio...A Small Exception From Stewart Lewis 8-10-18 Hi Jeff... Bugs here are back to normal levels. Honeybees have actually rebounded over the past few years (this being the best), we've had fireflies come back, tons of butterflies (I have had several actually land on my fingers and photos of one small one), biting flies have been horrible. Other pests such as the Mexican bean beetle have been very bad and some aphids in addition to tons of hornworms (had to resort to BT spray). We also have close to the usual cricket noise at night, but I'd say just slightly lower in volume. Overall the bird population is back to normal. Deer and turkey populations very high and many other animals much better than previous years. Snapping turtle, toad, and other aquatic life decent to very good. As for the weather we had an unusual amount of cold days that extended well up into the end of April and even had snow then. Highly unusual. Then in May we had abnormally hot weather up in the 80s! The heat now (ca. 80-93 F) is not uncommon and many years past during these “dog days of August” it would go up to 100 F frequently. My overall observation is that this area is not affected as dramatically as others. I have noticed less bug deposits on the car; however, I have also been driving far less miles. I should hope that other pockets are not as adversely affected as the West Coast seems to be. It would be of value to track and map these records. In a number of radio shows you have pointed out that the trend is a decline in most areas but that some places have either normal levels or rebounding levels. By tracking these geographically, a valuable picture might emerge. Stew From Sabrina 8-1-18 Hi Dear Reader, When I googled 'no birds, no insects, no flies, no mosquitos, no moths', I landed on your site https://rense.com/general96/birdsbugs.htm and saw where you ask for Confirmation - Reports Of Bugs And Birds Nearly Gone. I live in Berlin, next to a few big trees. My windows are open, It's summer. It has never, ever - in recorded history - been as hot as it has been these days... 35°-36°C (95°-97° Fahrenheit). There are NO birds, no insects, no flies, no mosquitos, no moths. There is just SILENCE. I could never ever have the windows open at night because too many insects would fly in. Not this year. I am witnessing a BIIIIG catastrophe... Sabrina North Carolina 2300-2700 Feet From Bob Western North Carolina Mountains 8-3-18 Hi Jeff, I spend summers in the mountains of Western North Carolina, elevation 2300 ft to 2700 ft. Last summer we noticed that there were fewer birds than normal, but this summer there are plenty of birds of varied species: cardinals, pileated woodpeckers, goldfinches, redbellied woodpeckers, nuthatches, twohees, bluebirds, titmice, mourning doves, crows, robins, hummingbirds, swallows, thrushes, wrens and warblers. Their numbers are not huge, but we see or hear each of these species on or near our heavily-treed lot almost every day, as opposed to last year, when their numbers were noticeably smaller. (No, we don't have bird feeders; they attract not just birds but raccoons, which are a nuisance, and bears, which are dangerous.) As for bugs, this year there seem to be fewer mosquitoes, no-see-ums, and biting flies (hooray!). I especially notice these because I get big welts when bitten and do everything to avoid these devils--not so much need to avoid them this year because there simply aren't as many of them. Wasps and bees are fewer than last summer. As for more agreeable bug species, there were noticeably fewer lightning bugs this summer than last summer but numbers of butterflies are at or slighly below normal this summer. For several years we have had a bat (maybe more than one) living under our upper deck and, based on the number of bat droppings, he/she/they are catching enough insects to survive. Our largest mammals, black bears, are breeding OK, with new cubs every year. Rabbits have an up and down cycle, as do foxes; rabbits are plentiful now and foxes are scarce, so it would be expected to take a few years for the cycle to reverse in favor of more foxes. While it is plausible that radiation from Fukushima could be adversely affecting sea life (both flora and fauna) in the Pacific Ocean, it is hard to imagine that Fukushima radiation is impacting the flora and fauna of inland America 2 or 3 thousand miles from the West Coast. On the other hand, anecdotal comments like those assembled here can serve a useful function by identifying concerns and areas where more thorough and scientific investigation is warranted. Bob - Western North Carolina Mountains No Bugs Around Indiana House Yard Light At Night From John Clark 7-27-18 In central Indiana, I have not seen one mosquito this year. Very strange. Also no crickets and very few toads and no frogs. And when it rains hard, I normally see many earthworms on the driveway and sidewalk...but this year NONE! Crap. We still have flies but not nearly as many as we normally have. This is where I live. I hear a a few crickets but there are NO BUGS attracted to my outdoor light and now that I think about it, there are very few moths. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. There is not ONE bug flying around my light tonight. See below...
Bug Disappearance In Minnesota From Gary Bergerson 7-14-18 Northern Minnesota has long been noted for bugs that take your blood or can bite in such a manner as to cause victims to scream aloud. June and July driving used to require windshield cleaning frequently. None of this is the case anymore...much like Dana Durnford has described. Something else that has disappeared totally are the bug screens that were mounted on the hoods of high-end pickups, often with a catchy phrase printed on them. I can't remember the last time I saw one...it has been a long time. Crickets, Wasps Are Gone From San Gabriel Valley Suburb East Of Los Angeles From Charles Funaro (My thanks to Charles Funaro and so many others who are helping to document and catalog the expanding extinction level event tied to Fukushima Radiation) Hi Jeff, Reports from readers in other areas started me thinking about which insects have recently declined in the San Gabriel Valley (a suburb of Los Angeles). Crickets and wasps (both mud dauber and paper) and brown widow spiders immediately come to mind. I am not sure when I last saw a cricket or a wasp or brown widow spider at our home, but all were abundant when I began spending time in this area six years ago (followed by marriage and consolidating households in 2017). The crickets in particular were evident as they hopped about in their hundreds, to the point that we dared not leave a door open for even a minute because some random cricket would seize the opportunity to join us inside. I should add the curious absence of mosquitoes and horned caterpillars (i.e. white tomato moth) and dragonflies, although those might be a cyclical population variation. This July 4 we sat in the same place as in 2016 and 2017 to watch a fireworks display and there was not a single mosquito to be seen, as compared with previous years when almost everyone sustained bites despite the customary precautions. Another conspicuously-absent pest is the housefly. So far, zero houseflies this year. With no houseflies, mosquitoes and crickets, we could (but we don't) leave our doors open without fear of insect invaders. It is easy to infer that the decline of crickets and caterpillars and flies would cause a corresponding decline in the wasps and spiders who prey on the others. We still have black Argentine ants aplenty -- the recent heat wave caused them to invade the house and we have been battling them with non-toxic agents such as white vinegar and diatomaceous earth. Our efforts at avoiding pesticides do pay off in a yard frequented by birds and butterflies. But that brings to mind another missing member of our local ecology -- the green conyer. It is a type of parrot, not native to SoCal but a large established population, renowned for their irritatingly-raspy and penetrating call. A flock of dozens had noisily roosted in a tree about 300 feet west of our house, but they have virtually disappeared during the past year. With a little more thought, I could probably identify more MIA species, but this is enough for now. Charles Funaro Shocking Cape Cod Bug Report 2018 From Tabor Johnson Hi Jeff, Cape Cod, Massachusetts...the horse-fly, deer-fly, green-head, no-see-um capitol of the world...until now. The men’s changing room at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham has always been a fly horror show nightmare beyond any description. I’ve been coming here over 40 summers now, and memories of the flies there, at Herring Pond, on First Encounter beach around sunset, and of no-see-um’s coming in THROUGH the window screens at night are tattooed on my DNA. I have not seen a single fly in that changing room so far this summer. Writing that made me cry, Jeff. Not a single green-head bite at the pond. Not one. My parents and I watched a rare chemical-free sunset last night at the bay and I received only a few tiny no-see-um bites. Enjoy the sunset, Tab Deathly Silence In Ontario, Canada From Steve 7-9-18 Hi Jeff - Steve from Millbrook, Ontario. Yesterday, just after dusk I asked my wife to come out on a gazebo overlooking the yard. I asked her, "what do you notice”? She didn't know what she was supposed to focus on. I said ‘Listen'. After a few moments, she said, ‘There's not a single cricket, frog or cicada!' Later in the evening she stood at a balcony overlooking the yard. Again...silence. We used to have a cacophony of sounds of nature from dusk til two or three in the morning. Now it is all silent...all night long. I thought...if the insects and frogs are dead, what about the micro organisms in the soil? They must be dead, too. Without the micro organisms, what is there to break down the soil and rocks, making the minerals bioavailable to plants? If one picks up bioactive soil with both hands, there are normally 6 billion micro-organisms in that soil. If the soil is dead, it is sterile. What is feeding the plants that are feeding us? We are in trouble, Jeff. Thank you for opening up our eyes and ears to the vanishing world around us. It is getting scary. Bad News From Ireland From Von Moss 7-8-18 Hi Jeff - I live in Wexford, Ireland in a very rural area. We usually have hoards of swallows and house martins all round the house. This year, i have counted 8 pairs.The car windscreen is usually covered in bugs, but again, this year, I have hardly had to clean it. Also there are no bats. Flies, Bugs, Birds Missing In South Carolina From Upstate South Carolina 7-8-18 Hi Jeff & Rense Readers, Even though upstate South Carolina has had above average rainfall this year, there is an absolute lack of mosquitoes that should be abundant. Being a gardener, and wildlife aficionado, a bucket of water is left filled outside for the birds, bees, and wildlife to quench their thirst. In past years, inevitably a harvest of mosquito larvae would appear within several days, along with frog or toad eggs that would be kept alive in the water until they finally metamorphosized in the fall as either toads or frogs. This year, 2018, not only have no mosquito wrigglers (larvae) appeared in standing buckets of water but one can sit outside in the early morning or late evening, and not suffer even one mosquito bite. This is quite odd and unusual. There are no flies. Normally summer brings houseflies, and horseflies (the kind that bite you). Only one housefly has been observed this entire year, and that observation is what started the brain ticking to go ahead and write in to you guys. Only two swallowtail butterflies have been seen this year, and so far, no cabbage moths which are usually present in high numbers. What are present in much overabundance are yellowjackets and wasps. There are fewer honeybees present than last year although that could be ascribed to the week of 20 degree weather that occurred in upstate SC in the winter. No bluejays have been seen this year. Only a few robins appeared in the Spring and have not been seen since. The red-headed sparrows, and common sparrows appear quite frequently at the feeders. There are 2 families of redbirds, one lone hummingbird, and several mourning doves. For all of your readers, Bee Balm (shades of red, and purple) and ‘Mexican' Petunia (member of the mint family) are hardy perennials that will help provide nectar and pollen for hummingbirds and bees. ...A Reader from upstate South Carolina Vanishing Life In Ontario, Canada From Steve In Millbrook, Ontario. Canada 7-8-18 I live in a small village an hour north east of Toronto. This summer, July 2018, there are very few butterflies and almost no monarchs. Used to see bats at dusk, but not any more. Turtles used to be a common occurrence in crossing roads, not any more. Honey bees, very few. I have cherrie trees and mulberry trees on my lot so they attract a lot of birds. But the bird diversity is down and there are fewer birds. Fewer worms in the ground, too. It must be a combination of GMOs as we have a lot of farms around us, chemtrail particulates coming down with the rain and in the air, and possibly Fukushima radiation. Jeff, I have been following you for about 20 years and take this opportunity to thank you for the education. Thank you, Steve Huge Population Reductions Of Birds And Bugs In LA Area From Steve San Gabriel Valley, East Of LA 7-7-18 I've lived here since the early 1980s and have watched as local wildlife populations declined sharply. Mind that there has been essentially no new development here, or in our surrounding mountains, that might account for the drastic changes. In years past, Spring would bring swarms of June bugs to darken our windows and screen door at night, but now I haven't seen a single one in years. Same for large black beetles, almost thumb sized, that used to roam our sidewalks at night. Ditto for everything from caterpillars and moths to snails. And we used to have Argentine ants swarming constantly around trash cans, along driveways and in the garden. All gone... every.... last... one! The bird populations that are mainly bug eaters have consequently plummeted as well. While we still see seed eating birds like finches, mocking birds have had their numbers greatly reduced. They used to sing day and night, now there's just a few. Even after we had that wet winter the year before, there was no noticeable upward spike in our bug population afterwards. Not sure of the cause, but I see it as a 'canary in the coal mine' for sure. From Kurt Ruppert June 21, 2018 I just want to pass this to Jeff. I'm living in a suburb of Atlanta, Ga. The insect population is way down. The light bulb over my front door attracts the same number of bugs that we use to see in the WINTER timer. The lake by my house once attracted a large population of bats, now, there are none. We have a year round population of ducks and geese on the lake. So far this year, we have had two female ducks produce at total of 5 babies between them. None of the geese have had any of their eggs hatch. There is a mother goose who always makes a nest in my yard. She actually buried her egg in the ground. I've never seen that. Also, we have wasps, yellow jackets, half sized bumble bees but absolutely no honey bees. I bring up this subject with people and they look at me like I've grown another head. Kurt Ruppert Marietta, Ga. From Gene in Idaho June 14, 2018 Subject: I just came back from vacation in Oregon. Here is my report. I sent it to Oregon state on June 6 and am still waiting for a reply... Hello... On a several day vacation trip to Seaside, Oregon, I was astonished to see no marine plants, nothing living at the high tide line and the complete lack of any mussels, oysters, plankton, starfish, crabs, sea lions, sea otters, and a hundred other things I can't think to name. Also it seems there is no more seaweed, kelp or other species of marine plants. It looked Biblical in size and nature to me. I am Astonished, Concerned and I find it beyond belief how barren the stretch beach is from Astoria, Oregon to almost Newport. All the roadside stops along the way, the beaches and places that used to have LIFE in ABUNDANCE were BARREN. There was no birds to speak of and just a couple dozen seagulls were on the beach. There were no BUGS either. I looked for ANYTHING alive but only found a couple garden snails in the brush behind the hotel we stayed in. The only thing alive beside the people were the dogs at the hotel. Seriously, it was eerily silent. The only thing that appeared alive on the shoreline was some sort of THING. It was blue in color, round, a little bigger than a silver dollar and had a translucent ‘hood' it had raised. It was like a coin flipped up on end. There were 2 of them near the high tide line and the tide was out.
From Michael Walsh Hi from Rochdale, Pennine Hills...UK I’ve seen swallows on the same phone lines since I came here 16 yrs ago. August 2015 - 80 swallows on the lines, Aug 2016 - there were about 40 on the lines. This year, 2018, there are 4. There are no bugs on the front of the car, for years…and I live in the country, There are very few bees and wasps left.
From Edward Volek Dear Jeff, When I moved to Florida in 2007, there was an abundance of insects and wildlife . Since 2011, that has all changed. There are longer millions of June Bugs, bees, spiders or other insects. Even From Henry Blair 6-4-18 Hi Jeff, Just saw the (Alaska no bugs) story posted on your website and wanted to comment. I live in west central Wisconsin, only a few miles from the Minnesota boarder and less than a mile from a major wildlife preserve. In that past, June was the worst month of the year because of the massive amount of bugs - swarms of mosquitoes and gnats, lots of ticks, etc. But starting last year, they seemed to be far, far less. And this year, 2018, they are all but totally gone. On June 1st, I spent several hours outside without spraying any bug repellant or taking any other precaution. So far this year, I have not seen a single mosquito and only one very small tick. It is weird — very nice, actually — but weird all the same. Sincerely, Hank Blair From Fairbanks, AK Hey Jeff! 67...in Alaska entire life. Have a knack for noticing things others do not. 2010 I began to realize that the bug populations were dramatically decreased to say the least. I was for the next few years living and working in different locations outside of home town Fairbanks. In other words, locales that would certainly have a lot of bugs being that far from the city. Still very few bugs. Some say the mosquitoes are thick about 20 miles out but what they don't know is it used to be 10 times worse, easy. Now it's June 2018, and wow, I am right in the middle of the town but I see only 1 mostquito and almost no birds...it's way off the map. Jeff, you are the only one I have seen who gets this. Nobody I ever have mentioned it to has a clue. They just dont see. Thanks for being there, Jeff. Keep up the good work. Sooner or later Jones, for example, is going to have to admit you were right about a lot of things all along. :) From Sharon Armbrust
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From: Terri I'm in Hampshire UK. The garden is like a dead zone. The butterfly shrub, has no thing on it. As a child, in the 1970's I remember same bush bristling alive with dozens of butterflies. This year, to start, there were none. Mid summer a few now and then. To be honest, now, the only place I see butterflies is on television. However, even these aren't real butterflies because it's an animated advert to sell more toxic plastic junk. In my opinion, as a BSC university graduate, the neonicitinoid farming chemicals have created a paradigm shift. Really done some deep down damage that has set the eco system into a death spiral.
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