Posted on 01/12/2011 4:02:22 AM PST by Scythian
Don’t mean to be nit picking, but in Brazil, Australia and New Zealand it is summer.
We had the west nile virus (bird flu) here in S.E. Michigan back around 2002 that were killing off crow all over the place. Other birds were affected too but not as greatly. I found a dead blue jay in my bird bath which I doubt drowned because it was so shallow.
The large die off of crows is due to the fact they are very social and hang around in groups which aids in the transmission of the disease. After a couple years, the virus kinda disappeared and the crows numbers returned to normal. FWIW, that's nature's way of controlling out of control populations of birds.
Another occurance we have here in Michigan which is cyclical affects raccoons. Raccoons are succeptable to a disease that is similar to distemper and when their numbers get out of control as happened back in the early 1990's, you would see these damn coons wandering aimlessly during the daytime. I was golfing at one of the metroparks here one day and I saw at least 10 coons wandering the course in their sick daze......
I could have sworn I remember the same thing happening in Arkansas. I live in Michigan too, I don’t remember the bird die off. But, if it happened in 2002 I was distracted that year and probably just didn’t hear anything about it. Spent 5 months that year getting chemo, nasty stuff.
Sure seems that way. Like the perfect storm brewing.
And over the last 20 years or so, winters were milder, and animal populations adjusted their winter ranges. Now that the winters are colder, it appears that some of those populations are vulnerable.
Try thinking through things instead of just taking the lazy approach of believeing every conspiracy that the likes of this magazine shovels at you.
Notice I said ‘most’. If 20 percent happened in the Southern Hemisphere, 80 percent happened in the Northern Hemisphere. Last I checked, 80 percent would be generally accepted as ‘most’.
LOL! Can we make Democrats and/or Liberals, wait that's pretty much the same species anyway, moved to the front of the extinction list?
It's been very cold in Florida so far this winter, where three of the reports are from. Cold in the eastern half of the US, and some of these reports are from Arkansas and Lousiana which were swept by cold fronts. And some are from the UK, which has had a brutally cold winter, and from elsewhere in Europe, which also has had a cold winter.
There are ample news reports to support the conclusion that many of these kills could be caused by cold weather. Occam's razor is the best approach when evaluating such events.
And if they got caught aloft in such a system and fell to the ground, they would suffer physical injuries as well.
Not all science is politicized. Most scientists calmly go about their jobs adhering to the scientific principle, unlike conspiracy theoriests, who are under no such constraints as comparing the events in question to current conditions and historical trends.
Besides, if the scientists in question really wanted to politicize this, they would be joining in the alarmism and claiming that this indicates the need for more government controls and spending to battle whatever is causing this. The fact that they are responding in such a calm and rational manner indicates to all but the double-negative conspiracy buff that they are actually being scientific about this.
Ya'll really need to think through your claims more lucidly.
Ah, so I'm a denier now? Because I attempt to explain this through observed natural phenomenon instead of rushing to join the conspiracy here, you engage in the same kind of attack as global-warming proponents against those trying to apply science to their claims?
You really should be ashamed of that line.
Good record keeping. Saving for my files.
Good record keeping. Saving for my files.
Good record keeping. Saving for my files.
Good record keeping. Saving for my files.
Report Statistics
Last Updated by germyl2000 15 minutes ago
Reports as of Jan 11,2011
• 2011-50
• 2010-82
• 2009-13
• 2008-7
• 2007-3
The story of the year. I remember several years back when shark attacks were all over the news. It was if they'd never attacked humans before, and were now becoming regular diver diners.
When the season was over, and the media orgy died out, it was well documented that the number of shark attacks was actually lower that year than the average (possibly even due to the media hype as more folks were avoiding the water).
Brisbane is suffering from a massive tsunami as we speak with 90 people missing...and they’re in the middle of summer down there. Remember only half the world is experiencing winter cold right now. Australia and New Zealand aren’t!
Lots of strange things...
Here in my area (Albuquerque metro), a lot of the smaller birds were staying the winter like never before, as our early and mid-December were relatively mild - temps in the 30s at night and 50s and 60s during the day. Then we got a severe drop in temps for the last couple of weeks, and them little birdies are gone. Either the cold killed them, or they moved for warmer climates. Either way, one of the little buggars is no longer crapping all over my outdoor light fixture.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.