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The LA Times is really out here reporting on the racism of bird segregation in Los Angeles. I'm not kidding.
Not The Bee ^ | 11 October 2023 | Staff

Posted on 10/11/2023 12:29:15 PM PDT by Red Badger

This is not a parody account. This is the Los Angeles Times.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes · Follow Researchers say that L.A.'s bird species are remarkably segregated.

In a new study, they argue that the difference in bird populations is a lasting consequence of racist home lending practices from decades ago, as well as modern wealth disparities.

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No kidding, dude, the LA Times is out here reporting on bird segregation and how "wealthier, and typically whiter, areas" have better birds. I can't, man. Like, who has time for this? Who even gets paid for this? This is comical.

The piece follows a few bird watchers as they first scope out the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles, which is mostly made up of concrete.

The researchers spotted a house sparrow and pulled binoculars to their eyes. "They're all over the shrubbery in Boyle Heights," said Wood, an associate professor of ecology at Cal State Los Angeles…

[H]ouse sparrows are urban creatures that thrive where people do. They're resilient, adaptable and aggressive, and are found around buildings and streets, scavenging food crumbs or nesting in roof tiles.

They also saw a Cooper's Hawk, a few ravens, and some pigeons.

But when they traveled up to San Marino, a heavily-wooded residential area near Pasadena, they found the racism they were looking for. And by racism I mean different species of birds.

Instead of the sparrows, ravens, common pigeons and a Cooper's hawk the bird watchers spotted in Boyle Heights, the manicured lawns and mature trees of San Marino bristled with a very different assortment of birds.

"There goes a band-tailed pigeon right over there," Wood exclaimed, turning his attention from a red-tailed hawk. They also recognized acorn woodpeckers, a California towhee, dozens of turkey vultures circling overhead, a dark-eyed junco, a mockingbird, an Anna's hummingbird and a black phoebe.

You think I'm kidding about them finding the racism, but I'm not.

Here's what the incredibly serious Los Angeles Times had to say:

It was, the researchers said, a vivid illustration of the so-called luxury effect — the phenomenon by which wealthier, and typically whiter, areas attract a larger and more diverse population of birds…

In fact, when it comes to the Los Angeles Basin, the researchers say that bird species are remarkably segregated.

In a new study, the researchers argue that the difference in bird populations is a lasting consequence of racist home lending practices from decades ago, as well as modern wealth disparities.

There's literally only one response to this nonsense…



TOPICS: Conspiracy; Hobbies; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: birdbrain
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1 posted on 10/11/2023 12:29:15 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
wealthier, and typically whiter, areas attract a larger and more diverse population of birds…

So ... the whiter areas have more diversity. And ... if you see more diversity ... that means more racism ...

2 posted on 10/11/2023 12:32:54 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: Red Badger
Birds of a feather
flock together !
That's a miracle !

3 posted on 10/11/2023 12:33:33 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( )
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To: Red Badger

Chickenz iz raciss, bcz well… you know.


4 posted on 10/11/2023 12:34:30 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Red Badger

Even birds listen to Scott Adams.


5 posted on 10/11/2023 12:35:09 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Red Badger

Birds of a feather......


6 posted on 10/11/2023 12:35:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

We ne
Ed a few billion dollars to figure out why there are mostly pidgeons in downtown...

Where I live the seagulls and crows have serious turf wars. I like to help by throwing stale bagels in the midst


7 posted on 10/11/2023 12:37:27 PM PDT by algore
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Crows are ecumenical. We get gigantic murders of racist BLACK crows. We need crow anti-racism.


8 posted on 10/11/2023 12:40:20 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: algore

Pigeons are naturally cliff-dwellers. Maybe they like the tall buildings. We have them nesting on all the apartment balconies here every year, and throughout the day there are long lines of them sitting on high-rise roofs.


9 posted on 10/11/2023 12:41:13 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Cardinals are ecumenical...................


10 posted on 10/11/2023 12:43:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

It seems like every institution has turned its back on Science, which could very easily explain why the various birds live where they choose to live.


11 posted on 10/11/2023 12:45:46 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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“Pigeons are naturally cliff-dwellers. Maybe they like the tall buildings.”

Oh yeah, they’ll nest right on a 4 inch concrete ledge outside your window. They are not picky.


12 posted on 10/11/2023 12:48:41 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Jamestown1630

My wife puts out birdseed and as a result we get all kinds of birds, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, Finches, Sparrows, Wrens, Doves and many others I can’t name. Yes we get crows and other blackbirds as well.

So if you put out free stuff, you get more diversity.................


13 posted on 10/11/2023 12:50:17 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Gotta tear down talented successful people any way they can because they themself are lazy, low IQ and entitled.

Birds aren’t stupid. Haters gotta hate.


14 posted on 10/11/2023 12:51:58 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Make orwell fiction again)
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To: ClearCase_guy
wealthier, and typically whiter,

So White people are better at managing their wealth and taking care of their property.

You need to do better, black people.

Take care of your OWN business.

15 posted on 10/11/2023 12:52:53 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger

We are going to have to understand that “new study” is the same thing as a term paper.


16 posted on 10/11/2023 12:54:51 PM PDT by webheart
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To: Boogieman

In my experience they aren’t the smartest birds as to where they nest. But I’ve had three pet pigeons, and except for one (who despised me) they’re very sweet birds.


17 posted on 10/11/2023 12:58:28 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

I noticed in Dallas that the Asian (East Dallas) area had no stray cats or dogs.

I guess the stray dogs and cats are racist. Or delicious.


18 posted on 10/11/2023 12:58:28 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Red Badger
My mom loves birds. She especially loves brightly colored bird. Not surprising that the Baltimore Oriole is one of her favorites. When they moved into their new neighborhood she was told that Baltimore Orioles were not seen in this area. But she put out her feeder anyway. None the first year, a pair the second year and a bunch of them every since.

Perhaps if you put out the food they will come?

19 posted on 10/11/2023 1:01:13 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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Many people used to have lofts for racing pigeons on the roofs of tall NYC buildings. I don’t know how many, now; it doesn’t seem as popular a sport as it used to be.


20 posted on 10/11/2023 1:01:23 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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