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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: Slings and Arrows
ROFLMAO! Thanks for the equal time there S&A!
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:21:48 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/peoples-information-support-team/ -JOIN US!-We're PIST!)
To: JRios1968
You couldn’t hear the sarcasm in my post?
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:23:03 PM PDT
by
stevio
(Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
To: TheStickman
83
posted on
05/08/2008 12:23:54 PM PDT
by
visualops
(artlife.us . nature photography desktop wallpapers)
To: netmilsmom; xcamel
It certainly wasn’t what I thought when I clicked on the title!
Ping to xcamel as too delicious NOT to be included on your list!
To: KeyesPlease
this thread is useless without pictures.
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:29:01 PM PDT
by
weegee
("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
To: stevio
86
posted on
05/08/2008 12:34:16 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
Now there is a tit-le that will catch your attention....
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:34:16 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Typical white person, bitter, religious, gun owner, who will "Just say No to BO (or HRC).")
To: ErnBatavia
To: andy58-in-nh
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:35:36 PM PDT
by
visualops
(artlife.us . nature photography desktop wallpapers)
To: Constitution Day
My hubby’s FAVORITE Dennis Miller line was from the old SNL days, when he was doing the “news” and said “What is tat? Where do you get it? And how do you exchange it for that other thing?”
To: alwaysconservative
I knew I had heard that from some comedy bit, but I couldn’t remember where. Thanks!
To: alwaysconservative; MEG33; LUV W; AFPhys; lysie; The Raven; Mama_Bear; JustAmy; Lady Jag; ...
to my “bird loving” friends
sigh..
lol
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:46:26 PM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: JRios1968
Actually, sarcastic wasn’t the right word. But a few examples of what I assumed this thread was about would have been appreciated. ;^)
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:51:55 PM PDT
by
stevio
(Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
To: KeyesPlease
I'm rather partial to the Tufted Tit.
Hey. Call me an animal.
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:53:53 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The secret of Life is letting go. The secret of Love is letting it show.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is a bird thread? Why, yes. Titillating, isn't it?
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:54:26 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Tehran delenda est)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:56:23 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is a bird thread?There's some confusion about that, but it seems to be titular.
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posted on
05/08/2008 1:00:18 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
05/08/2008 1:00:50 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: StarCMC
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posted on
05/08/2008 1:03:18 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
To: Rebelbase
Hey, they beat the hell out of those damn piping plovers.
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