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To soar like a bird would be a grand thing,<\/p>\n

With flights through cobalt depths and azure seas;<\/p>\n

Nothing against you but air on your wing<\/p>\n

\u2018Til something bad came carried on the breeze,<\/p>\n

As once again mankind did as they please<\/p>\n

And suddenly your range was cut in two,<\/p>\n

Whilst half of your brethren felt this unease,<\/p>\n

As climate change meant you no longer flew<\/p>\n

With careless thought, as skies turned dead from purest blue.<\/p>\n

\"Freedom<\/a>
Freedom of flight (Photo Credit: Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a\u00a0Spenserian stanza<\/a>\u00a0about a recent study, which found that over 50% of bird species may lose more than half of their current geographic range because of climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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