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…
So ... the whiter areas have more diversity. And ... if you see more diversity ... that means more racism ...
Chickenz iz raciss, bcz well… you know.
Even birds listen to Scott Adams.
Birds of a feather......
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
Crows are ecumenical. We get gigantic murders of racist BLACK crows. We need crow anti-racism.
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.
Cardinals are ecumenical...................
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.
“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.
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.................
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.
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.
We are going to have to understand that “new study” is the same thing as a term paper.
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.
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.
Perhaps if you put out the food they will come?
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.
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