Posted on 03/16/2014 12:05:08 AM PDT by Libloather
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Tens of thousands of diving ducks and other waterfowl spend their winters in the southwest part of Lake Michigan each year, said Douglas Stotz, conservation ecologist and ornithologist at the Field Museum. Most years, they fly from places like Canada and Alaska and spend their time here diving for mollusks and fish without major problems.
But then came Chicago’s frigid winter, which as recently as last weekend had blanketed about 93 percent of Lake Michigan in ice.
Hundreds of waterfowl likely have died as a result, experts say, many more are near starvation and a winter storm — the likes of which Chicago experienced Tuesday night — could put even more at risk.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
But bald eagles flying into wind turbines is still okie dokie!
A few weeks ago flocks of robins arrived in southeast Minnesota on their normal schedule to find deep crusty snow and sub-zero temperatures. Those that survived soon left.
Polar bears will love life on the Great Lakes.
Hundreds?????
Is it safe to say you don’t want the birds to starve to death? How touching.
Republicans are stoopit ....
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LOL
Let the starving and urban outdoorsmen eat the ducks problem solved./s
Life is never a joke for any animal. Not one minute of it. Ever.
Please explain.
Leni
Just observing the irony of campaigning for the forced starvation of cognitively disabled people, and then crying over the possibility of starving birds. SMH
Anyhow, have a happy St. Paddy's Day tomorrow.
Leni
I don’t like for anyone, even birds, to have to starve to death. During inclement weather, when foraging is difficult, I supply food and water for the birds. I’m also the primary caregiver to my husband, one of those cognitively disabled people that flaglady says should be starved and dehydrated to death for the offense of being a burden. So yeah, when I see her whining over the poor birdies, showing more concern for them than her fellow human beings, sometimes I can’t resist the urge to point out the hypocrisy.
“So yeah, when I see her whining over the poor birdies, showing more concern for them than her fellow human beings, sometimes I can’t resist the urge to point out the hypocrisy.”
Were you born nasty or was it an acquired taste?
It’s called natural population control!
Robins, Cardinals and other birds returned EARLY this year, in mid-February. We had about 20 inches of snow cover on the ground where I live, 30 miles SW of Chicago. There was no food for the birds. Not sure where they went, but they're no longer in my area.
We even have coyotes and now wolves coming into our area looking for food because the snowcover has kept their food (rabbits, mice, etc..) underground/under snow.
OK
Bad year for water fowl. It’s happened before.
I’m in good company among all the people you call nasty for refusing to employ the Schiavo Protocol against innocent victims.
Choose your battlegrounds better, rather than on a thread about birds. Geez.
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