which all pales in comparison to birds population loss due to urban, agricultural and industrial development and activities which in turn are enabled by all the forms of energy production. Cats by the way kill rats who is the major consumer of wild birds eggs. Another major consumer of wild birds eggs are humans - all those people in city parks and other places around gathering wild birds eggs for food. And of course there is that old story about wolves supposedly damaging deer population...
> all those people in city parks and other places around gathering wild birds eggs for food.
Really? I've yet to come across a family that's going to the park on Sunday to gather wild bird eggs for food to be honest. I'm sure there's some nature lovers out there that do it but I'm having a hard time seeing the average city dweller making a dent in that statistic.
you don't need everybody doing it. There is not that much birds and nests out there. One person in one pass easily raids all the few tens of small bird nests on an acre of a city park or duck nests on a half mile of bay shore like the one here in Bay Area.
