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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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To: Larry Lucido
They're real, and they're spectacular.
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posted on
05/08/2008 2:28:57 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
To: KeyesPlease
Bad humans! No making fun of little helpless birds!
Birdie is NOT amused!!!
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posted on
05/08/2008 2:41:15 PM PDT
by
Darnright
(If "pro" is the opposite of "con", is progress the opposite of congress?)
To: KeyesPlease
Lot of posts getting pulled over this news.
143
posted on
05/08/2008 2:43:49 PM PDT
by
Paul Heinzman
(Out of chaos comes comedy.)
To: JRios1968
144
posted on
05/08/2008 2:52:45 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/peoples-information-support-team/ -JOIN US!-We're PIST!)
To: RedRover
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posted on
05/08/2008 2:57:05 PM PDT
by
lilycicero
(Guilt by association.)
To: stylecouncilor; raven92876
To: Honeybunch
To: KeyesPlease
(note: check thread progress later tonight) 
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posted on
05/08/2008 3:35:36 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Flycatcher
Or the red-headed double breasted mattress thasher.
To: Larry Lucido
By some odd coincidence, that is the Seinfeld episode running in syndication across the country today.
150
posted on
05/08/2008 3:47:19 PM PDT
by
John W
(We're all gonna die!!!!)
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To: DollyCali; Lady Jag
152
posted on
05/08/2008 4:26:18 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: KeyesPlease
Great Tits have always been able to survive changing environs. Often they have been able to control which environment they wish to adapt to. Usually it has something to do with money and position.
153
posted on
05/08/2008 4:30:18 PM PDT
by
dirtymac
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country)
To: dirtymac
Then why such a difficult time for the Dutch tits also discussed in the article?
To: roses of sharon
That is some amazing video!
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posted on
05/08/2008 5:03:20 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: JRios1968
Uh, I think I would have come up with a slightly different title.
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posted on
05/08/2008 5:21:23 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: WakeUpAndVote
That there fake tit in your picture: silicon or saline? marketed to the plushie and furbie fetishists?
157
posted on
05/08/2008 5:27:21 PM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: Steve Van Doorn
158
posted on
05/08/2008 5:29:39 PM PDT
by
dcwusmc
(We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
To: Drumbo; TheBigB
Now before you get upset with me for bringing you on the run to THIS thread, I want you to realise ONE thing.
I didn’t have to hold a gun to your head. ;o)
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posted on
05/08/2008 5:29:45 PM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: rdl6989
Uh, I think I would have come up with a slightly different title. For the Ping or the thread?
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posted on
05/08/2008 5:29:52 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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