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Great tits cope well with warming
BBC News ^
| Thursday, 8 May 2008
| Richard Black
Posted on 05/08/2008 11:28:23 AM PDT by KeyesPlease
At least one of Britain's birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food.
Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars.
Writing in the journal Science, they point out that the same birds in Holland have not managed to adjust.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: birds
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Glad to hear they are adjusting to the warming. Apparently, they used to to only prosper in colder environments.
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05/08/2008 11:29:06 AM PDT
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Soliton
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05/08/2008 11:29:42 AM PDT
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Texican72
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05/08/2008 11:30:30 AM PDT
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Siberian-psycho
(An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
To: KeyesPlease
Apparently, they used to to only prosper in colder environments. I am not sure prosper is the right word.
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05/08/2008 11:30:47 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: KeyesPlease
The way that FReepers think, this is going to be a fun thread.
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05/08/2008 11:31:11 AM PDT
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netmilsmom
(I am very mad at Disney. Give me my James Marsden song!!!!!)
To: KeyesPlease
It is still too cold in Idaho for tits to be out .
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05/08/2008 11:31:32 AM PDT
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kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
To: Siberian-psycho
Lots of jokes here Until it gets pulled.
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posted on
05/08/2008 11:31:34 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: KeyesPlease
You posted this just for the tit-le!............
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posted on
05/08/2008 11:31:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: KeyesPlease
I saw a nesting pair just this morning. Then, my wife’s alarm clock went off.
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05/08/2008 11:32:20 AM PDT
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andy58-in-nh
(Politicians cannot buy votes that are not for sale.)
To: martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim
To: KeyesPlease
But are they able to carry a coconut?
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05/08/2008 11:32:29 AM PDT
by
toast
To: KeyesPlease
"I'll drink to that!"
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posted on
05/08/2008 11:32:35 AM PDT
by
evets
(I have a crush on Hillary.)
To: Always Right
“Prosper” and “only” should swap places. Another case of “The Wandering Only”............
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05/08/2008 11:33:02 AM PDT
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Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Texican72
How's this?
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05/08/2008 11:33:23 AM PDT
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netmilsmom
(I am very mad at Disney. Give me my James Marsden song!!!!!)
To: KeyesPlease
To: KeyesPlease
Greatest headline of the day alert.
To: toast
I hear african tits can. But european? Surely not!
To: KeyesPlease
Great tits cope well with warmingYes they do....yes they do.
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posted on
05/08/2008 11:34:33 AM PDT
by
Weaponier
(Someone turn off the lights...)
To: netmilsmom
Writing in the journal Science, they point out that the same birds in Holland have not managed to adjust. Apparently Dutch tits are still cold.......
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05/08/2008 11:34:44 AM PDT
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Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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