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On Saturday, July 19, 2014 5:13 PM, "vickipowys [=
naturerecordists]" <> wrote:
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That is really sad Sabyasachi, and a bit worrying too since most of us drin=
k tea.
Vicki
On 19/07/2014, at 3:24 PM, Sabyasachi Patra [nat=
urerecordists] wrote:
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>I have noticed such "silence" in the tea estates in Western Ghats of India=
, where pesticide sprays are rampant. One can hardly find any insects, frog=
s etc surviving these synthetic pesticide sprays. There was a time when I c=
ould drink water from the streams while wandering in the forests. Today the=
waters of the streams are poisoned by pesticide sprays and synthetic ferti=
lisers leaching into it. We are poisoning ourselves. :(
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>On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Rob Danielson=C2==C2=A0[na=
turerecordists]=C2=A0<>=C2=A0wrote:
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>>Hi-
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>>Have others in the upper midwest US noticed almost no insect singing this=
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>>We had a very cold winter, a very slow fade-in spring and as yet no stret=
ches of really warm days/nights.
>>Could populations just be really low? I've seen only a few small crickets=
and small grasshoppers.
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>>Its very eerie to have the windows open at night in mid July and hear not=
hing except a single cricket chirp for 2-4 seconds and maybe again in 15 mi=
nutes,..
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>>Thanks
>>Rob D.=C2=A0
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