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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: birds
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To: Daffynition

From heron out, you're on your own.

121 posted on 05/08/2008 1:27:06 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: KeyesPlease

Here are a couple of great tits.
122 posted on 05/08/2008 1:27:46 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (Just say NObama!)
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To: messierhunter

"I Like Tits!"

123 posted on 05/08/2008 1:31:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Go Stars!)
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To: Soliton
Like this is news

Oh, c'mon. Some poor editor, after years working at the staid old Auntie Beeb, will be giggling for a month after writing that headline.

124 posted on 05/08/2008 1:32:51 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: Constitution Day

Heck, if they were Tits instead of plovers I’d probably get to distracted to fish.


125 posted on 05/08/2008 1:36:13 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
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To: Lady Jag; tomkow6; acad1228

This thread is for the birds. :-D


126 posted on 05/08/2008 1:38:00 PM PDT by StarCMC (http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/peoples-information-support-team/ -JOIN US!-We're PIST!)
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To: Danae

The other one was pulled


127 posted on 05/08/2008 1:40:36 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Typical white person, bitter, religious, gun owner, who will "Just say No to BO (or HRC).")
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To: dblshot
“Greatest headline of the day alert”

Breast one today. Ta Ta for now,

Knocker it off.

129 posted on 05/08/2008 1:43:58 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: Slings and Arrows

Dik-dik are kind of small but quite tasty.


130 posted on 05/08/2008 1:45:18 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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To: dfwgator; All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM

Cool new National Geographic new video called “The Battle at Kruger.”

Nothing to do with boobs, but very, very, cool! Thought this would be a good thread to post it.

(btw, dfwgator.....GO WINGS!:)


131 posted on 05/08/2008 1:46:36 PM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Dik-dik are kind of small...

You need to see more of them.

...but quite tasty.

A woman after my own hart.

132 posted on 05/08/2008 1:49:16 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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To: KeyesPlease

The Great Tits and the Jug-Jug Bird, A Pome
by Sir Nelson Nimrod Poindexter

SPRING, the sweet Spring, is the year’s pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing—
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay—
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet—
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Spring, the sweet Spring!


133 posted on 05/08/2008 1:50:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!)
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To: StarCMC; tomkow6; acad1228
Blue-footed Boobies celebrate their survivability also.


134 posted on 05/08/2008 1:51:25 PM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: N. Theknow
Dang! Hope I'm tough enuf.;)


135 posted on 05/08/2008 1:55:29 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

The tame ones like to be petted.


136 posted on 05/08/2008 2:03:05 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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To: Girlene; lilycicero

Perhaps this is good news.


137 posted on 05/08/2008 2:14:26 PM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: JRios1968

LOL - I’m shocked - just shocked I tell you that I was pinged to this article. :)


138 posted on 05/08/2008 2:22:18 PM PDT by Enterprise ((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
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To: WakeUpAndVote; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; jdm; lesser_satan; Rb ver. 2.0; Gamecock; ...
They're real, and they're spectacular.


139 posted on 05/08/2008 2:24:16 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Constitution Day; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Cyber Liberty; VRWCmember; theDentist; CholeraJoe; ..

I have noticed that most great tits do seem to swell up and blossom just as all their thongs (er, things) heat up.


140 posted on 05/08/2008 2:25:43 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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