[Jo Nuvark]

[... Lack of transitional forms...]

You see... I haven't figured out how a bird can fly while
waiting millions of years for it's scales to become feathers...
The animal would be extremely vulnerable while waiting to
either slither or fly.

I believe these transitional forms are actual species, or
adaptations. MHO.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

No remark about why you only posted half the Darwin quote before, making it look like Darwin had no answer to the problems of the fossil record?

"You see... I haven't figured out how a bird can fly while
waiting millions of years for it's scales to become feathers.."

Feathers are a form of insulation. They would have evolved for that reason and only later would they have been used for flight.

Scientists have also found have feathered dinosaurs, so the problem is no problem.

"I believe these transitional forms are actual species, or
adaptations. MHO."

Of course they are species; nobody is saying they aren't.

[Coyoteman]

I haven't figured out how a bird can fly while waiting millions of years for it's scales to become feathers... The animal would be extremely vulnerable while waiting to either slither or fly.

And flying squirrels have no feathers, nor do flying fish. But both seem to have figured out a "niche" which helps them survive just a little better than what came before. And they call that...evolution.

Not full flying, but maybe a...transition?

[VadeRetro]

In the evolutionary model, flying does not appear fully formed. Things appearing "Poof!" fully formed sounds more like creationism to me. You're right, such nonsense deserves to be regarded with extreme suspicion.