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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: grame
Dickcissel or yellow-rumped warbler?
(I can’t believe I just asked someone that question.)
181
posted on
05/08/2008 9:18:49 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: Titan Magroyne
You don’t like it when they just say “I’ll owe you one”?
182
posted on
05/08/2008 10:05:50 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The tame ones like to be petted. I don't think there are any truly tame ones, but with skilled handling they can be very friendly.
183
posted on
05/08/2008 10:07:34 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: Flycatcher
Yellow-rumped warbler. A first in my birdwatching log. My husband is an amateur photographer who loves sunsets and sunrises(who doesn’t). so while he is checking his lighting, compass, angles and everything else I’m scouring for birds. We also watched for quite a while an apple tree in blossom filled with cedar waxwings. There was at least a dozen of them having breakfast in that tree.
184
posted on
05/09/2008 3:02:50 AM PDT
by
grame
(and the greatest of these is Love.)
To: lilycicero
LOL! I knew it was a lily ping as soon as I saw the title. Did you know Great Tits and Blue Tits form mixed winter flocks? They’re all part of the Tit family.
185
posted on
05/09/2008 4:24:01 AM PDT
by
Girlene
(hee-hee)
To: Girlene; RedRover
Believe what you may, but it was a Redrover ping....he brought us into this walk down mammary lane thread.
186
posted on
05/09/2008 5:44:44 AM PDT
by
lilycicero
(Do you know what's worse than a Tornado?)
To: martin_fierro
close nipple x 1 1/2" x galvanized
187
posted on
05/09/2008 5:51:56 AM PDT
by
abb
(Organized Journalism: Marxist-style collectivism applied to information sharing)
To: Siberian-psycho
This article, and possibly the research itself, Had to be done with the double entendre headline in mind.
188
posted on
05/09/2008 5:57:35 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: andy58-in-nh
189
posted on
05/09/2008 5:58:13 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: KeyesPlease
Writing in the journal Science, they point out that the same birds in Holland have not managed to adjust. Whoda thought the Brits would have more adaptable tits than the Dutch!
To: DollyCali
LOL... why the “sigh”? What a wonderful research project.
191
posted on
05/09/2008 6:04:07 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: DollyCali
I was just reminded by a picture of that famous bird, Kathy Ireland, in a tropical scene that I’m not very surprised by the findings of this research project.
192
posted on
05/09/2008 6:11:03 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: lilycicero; RedRover
Believe what you may, but it was a Redrover ping....he brought us into this walk down mammary lane thread.
Oops, my bad.
193
posted on
05/09/2008 6:11:25 AM PDT
by
Girlene
(What's worse than a Tornado?)
To: Lady Jag
I dated a lot of those [diks].
-—<>-—<>-—<>-—<>-—<>-—
LOL
194
posted on
05/09/2008 6:12:15 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: Girlene; lilycicero
Lily is fibbing! It was all her idea!
195
posted on
05/09/2008 6:12:44 AM PDT
by
RedRover
(I give up. What's worse than a tornado?)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
... ain’t that the truth. Actually, they can be tamed by being pet, too, I’ve discovered.
196
posted on
05/09/2008 6:20:45 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: Slings and Arrows
197
posted on
05/09/2008 7:04:15 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: tioga
Why thank you, you’re very kind! :o)
198
posted on
05/09/2008 7:06:34 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: martin_fierro
I love Sweat T-shirt contests!
199
posted on
05/09/2008 7:08:39 AM PDT
by
Sensei Ern
(http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy)
To: grame
The yellow-rumped warbler is a beautiful bird. And I think we can all be happy that (in good light) it looks nothing like Post #69. :)
200
posted on
05/09/2008 7:30:12 AM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
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