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Are birds getting bigger because of global climate change?
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| Nov.7, 2011
Posted on 11/08/2011 7:48:33 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
11/08/2011 9:32:08 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Occupy DC General Assembly: We are Marxist tools. WE ARE MARXIST TOOLS!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Are the birds getting their water downstream from Jose Canseco and Barry Bonds?
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posted on
11/08/2011 10:11:53 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Herman Cain: possibly the escapee most dangerous to the Democrats since Frederick Douglass.)
To: DBrow
Predestination, fortunetelling, scrying- this could be hugh.
Canary be more series!
To: Free ThinkerNY; SunkenCiv
Over the last 25 years, a robin, for example, has increased about an eighth of an inch in wing length and about 0.2 ounces in mass Have they considered steroids in the water?
What about growth hormones from cattle trickling down the food chain? See? It really IS BS!
Maybe worms are getting larger, so only larger birds are able to deal with them.
According to Darwin, the adaptation [NOT ‘evolution’] comes in response to environmental changes, not in anticipation...unless there's thiotimoline in the water or food.
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posted on
11/08/2011 11:22:07 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
("Public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
To: patriot08
Try looking up pictures of the “white crowned sparrow”; it winters in Texas.
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posted on
11/09/2011 12:31:42 AM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
("Public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
To: ApplegateRanch
I looked up a pic.
Not the same bird. It didn’t have the black stripes on its head- just a patch of white feathers on its head.
It was with a group of house sparrows.
(thanks :) )
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posted on
11/09/2011 2:32:08 AM PST
by
patriot08
(TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
To: Free ThinkerNY; Yehuda; Jeremiah Jr
You know how Suzette is about her bird feeder.
These crows start showing up out of nowhere.
She’s all over my back to get rid of’em.
“The crows are too big for the bird feeder,” she says.
- I don’t remember seeing crows around here before. - Oh, big bastards too.
That’s why I got the gun. I’m gonna pop a few.
~Art Weingartner
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posted on
11/09/2011 2:51:08 AM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Michael: I want it to feed the birds.
Mr. Dawes Sr.: Fiddlesticks, boy! Feed the birds and what have you got? Fat birds!
from Mary Poppins (1964)
This might be the case. With more food available to them during what used to be the lean months of winter, wild birds now eat better than their ancestors. It is the same reason that we are larger than our ancestors.
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posted on
11/09/2011 3:21:59 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
(Things will be better in 2013)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I would think birds would get smaller with increasing temperatures because warmer air is less dense than colder air thus and flying in less dense air would be more energy intensive.
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posted on
11/09/2011 3:23:24 AM PST
by
monocle
To: patriot08
Saw a common house sparrow at the feeder the other day with white feathers on his head. Sometimes it's just bird doo.
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posted on
11/09/2011 5:10:08 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(Look your representatives in the eye and ask if they intend to pay off the debt. They will look away)
To: listenhillary
It was feathers in this case. :)
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posted on
11/09/2011 5:13:15 AM PST
by
patriot08
(TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I've noticed the birds do indeed seem to be getting bigger and bigger. In fact, I prefer the big one's that blow up when they land.
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posted on
11/09/2011 5:20:42 AM PST
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GreenAccord
(Bacon Akbar)
To: GreenAccord
In fact, I prefer the big one's that blow up when they land.Must be a Muslim bird!
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posted on
11/09/2011 5:23:09 AM PST
by
airborne
(Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
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