Does anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?
Does anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution?
300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.
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A lot of song birds with their heads blown open by fireworks lay around this forested neighborhood after every 4th of July and New Years.
For freedom, I guess.
This is only likely in areas where large numbers of birds are nesting or roosting.
From the first Google result I got, per "Dr. Kevin McGowan, senior course developer and instructor for The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Academy":
In the end, Kevin emphasizes that fireworks most often serve as a nuisance to birds, not a danger. “Unless you have a situation where there you have a bunch of sensitive birds in one place, then it seems unlikely that it’s going to be much of a disturbance,” he says.