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Together we can take action for birds and bugs
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| 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 an insect you like get eaten, that interaction is a part of nature. A healthy ecosystem can support enough insects 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 those that can damage crops.
And many of the strange and wonderful things about insects, 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 animals we know and love without that evolutionary history. |
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Every action we take to save insects from pesticides or to conserve nesting habitat for birds helps both insects and birds. Together, bird watchers and bug fans can make a healthier world for everyone.
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With Montana, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming joining the Bumble Bee Atlas program, we are expanding to a region that is home to many at-risk species!
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Erin Cocca, our pollinator specialist in Maine, shares her experience helping Maine’s Orono Land Trust with their conservation efforts.
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Support conservation and spread the word about the importance of pollinators by venturing out in style with your Xerces tote bag. These cotton bags are 15×16 inches, and are available in our Gift Center.
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| The Xerces Society is a donor-supported nonprofit organization that protects our world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.
Your tax-deductible donation will help grow and sustain that essential work. |
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| Donation and membership questions:
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855-232-6639 (option 2) |
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| Photo credits from top, left: Molly Martin, USFWS Mountain-Prairie CC-BY 2.0, Tom Kogut, and Erin Cocca
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