I hadn’t noticed until today that all the birds are now completely gone here. Googled birds and COVID and although it does not appear to be a COVID problem, it does appear to be some sort of virus attacking the birds. At first the scientists thought it was only attacking certain species of birds, but I can say that ALL the birds are gone here — big, little, crows, magpies, swallows and goldfinches and all the other little songbirds. They are all gone now and this is one of the saddest days of my life. Children may never again wake up to a glorious chorus of bird songs greeting a new day. I have one old pheasant left with no mate. How sad this is.