Say g'bye to summer hummersonce global climate warms

Portland Tribune ^ | October 16, 2014 | by Paul Gooberstein

[Oldeconomybuyer]

For a good part of the year, the colorful rufous hummingbird can be spotted all over Portland. After nesting and breeding here in the summer and fall, these feisty hummers migrate some 2,000 miles southward to winter in Mexico.

But over the next few decades, the tiny bird is expected to become increasingly rare in Portland. Climate change is likely to alter its travel plans, which include the longest annual migration of any hummingbird species. Its range is likely to shift northward, according to predictions in a new report from the National Audubon Society. The rufous, like hundreds of other birds, is likely to relocate to new habitat featuring its preferred temperatures, precipitation and food.

The rufous hummingbird won’t be the only bird species affected by climate change, according to the Audubon study. The first-of-its-kind analysis concludes that 314 bird species nationwide will lose more than half of their current range by 2080. That includes 92 bird species common in Oregon. Each may become endangered by then, which means at that point they could be plunging toward extinction.

Another 97 bird species face climate threats that could lead them to attain endangered status.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Paul46360]

“The first-of-its-kind analysis ..” What will be their response in the future if this is wrong???

[Olog-hai]

Probably something like this.

[Lazamataz]

Say g'bye to summer hummers once global climate warms

I have to admit, if I stand the chance of losing summer hummers, I may become a AGW fanatic.

[blackdog]

Those Spotted Owls doing OK these days? Last one I saw was nesting in a Walmart sign. The #1 nesting choice for Ospreys and Eagles happens to be high tension utility structures. They favor those over trees and cliff faces.

[Lee'sGhost]

Now THAT’S funny.

[peeps36]

With a name like Gooberstein I bet his summer hummers are 100% bird related.

[Second Amendment First]

We have had a lot of summer hummers this year and are very happy.

They departed at the end of September but they will return in the spring.

[stinkerpot65]

Now they are just making it up on the fly. Don't even bother with the phony research.

Paul Gooberstein? Really??

[tet68]

The first-of-its-kind analysis concludes that 314 bird species nationwide will lose more than half of their current range by 2080.

Actually, wouldn’t the birds range stay the same,
wouldn’t it just move north or south?

AGW, I’ll worry about that when I get over Obola.

[Lazamataz]

We have had a lot of summer hummers this year

If you put them on an XXX site, I will pay 2.95 a minute to watch.

[Red Badger]

Here's one for your very own................

[Lazamataz]

Summer Hummer

[Red Badger]

Mine’s portable.................

[MrB]

Perfectly posted by the very person who needed to post it.

[Lazamataz]

Now they are just making it up on the fly. Don't even bother with the phony research. Paul Gooberstein? Really??

The name "Ian Justmakingcrapup" was already taken.

[Lazamataz]

Mines durable.

[ohioman]

It figures that such a stupid “summer hummer” article was written by someone named Paul Gooberstein. (Is this a satire piece)

[onedoug]

Birds slaughtered in the thousands by wind farms, but hey, this is really important.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Yes, the west coast is getting warmer. However, just a week or two ago, a scientific study came out to explicitly say that it was cause by a normal ocean oscillation, NOT MMGW.

The study was so strong as to warn against comparing the two, because this is a regular deal, and has nothing to do with MMGW.