BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 16, 2023
Due to climate change, at least a dozen bird species have moved into Maine as the state has warmed up. But so have ticks. Whenever there is a disturbance to the balance of nature, nature restores the balance — often in ways we don’t like. There have been several mass extinctions since life began on earth — all due to natural cataclysms, except for the latest. We’re now experiencing the first mass extinction of creatures caused by the creatures themselves, namely us. Right now, LD 57 is winding its way through the Maine Legislature. The bill proposes to add eight more species to the Endangered and Threatened List. Five of them are birds. ~ Bob Duchesne