tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post8027596555355082400..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: BlizzardsGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-38143916018916093092011-01-14T07:34:47.208-05:002011-01-14T07:34:47.208-05:00Gail, to answer your question about bird size. The...Gail, to answer your question about bird size. The tiny birds are tiny naturally, and I certainly haven't noticed any changes in their size or in the way that the different variety of finches, for example, will flock together this time of year.<br />I live in quite a rural area, so there are quite a large variety of birds. There are pheasant and grouse in the fields, as well as buzzards and tawny owls. Even the odd sparrowhawk and, amazingly, a sea eagle was seen fishing out of our local river last week. And if any English reader wonders where all the London house sparrows are, I can tell them: in my holly hedges!<br /><br />I grasp these little signs of hope on this side of the Atlantic.<br /><br />SerindeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-14520683107986924242011-01-13T19:57:00.035-05:002011-01-13T19:57:00.035-05:00Hey, CWakaCaligrl...
Yes, I've seen that - al...Hey, CWakaCaligrl...<br /><br />Yes, I've seen that - also many other explanations. I tend to discount most of them, because they are localized, and the birds are falling dead all over the world...I frankly think that wildlife has been dying off for a while, from scarcity of food, and now it is accelerating into larger groups. When animals are malnourished, they are more vulnerable to diseases, adverse weather, and predators.<br /><br />Time will tell! Meanwhile, more reports are piling up, I can hardly keep track of them.<br /><br />It's actually so much more fun laughing at Sarah Palin's never ending blunders than contemplating ecosystem collapse, isn't it?<br /><br />sigh...Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-88403231819462099242011-01-13T19:26:52.851-05:002011-01-13T19:26:52.851-05:00Gail have you seen this?
http://www.naturalnews.co...Gail have you seen this?<br />http://www.naturalnews.com/<br />030996_bird_deaths_pole_shift.html<br />"Earth's magnetic pole shift unleashing poisonous space clouds linked to mysterious bird deaths"crystalwolfakacaligrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-47393023281114996062011-01-13T12:12:38.726-05:002011-01-13T12:12:38.726-05:00Serinde, you are so lucky to have that many kinds ...Serinde, you are so lucky to have that many kinds of birds! You should send me pictures of them. Do you mean you are getting birds that are smaller types, or that the birds are physically smaller than normal?Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-89510425046198142552011-01-13T11:23:28.778-05:002011-01-13T11:23:28.778-05:00I have been feeding our local birds all through th...I have been feeding our local birds all through this rough winter, and have noticed many more smaller birds, including goldfinches, regularly on the feeders. The other day, I counted 20 varieties, from tiny coal tits to ring-necked doves, carrion crows and jackdaws. They are all hungry because their food has been under the unusually early and heavy snow and, especially, ice we have had since the end of November. I've not found any dead birds in my rambles, but it could just be that the scavengers have got there first.<br /><br />SerindeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-39643754244052842032011-01-12T14:25:40.417-05:002011-01-12T14:25:40.417-05:00We had the 'georgia blizzard', too. Our t...We had the 'georgia blizzard', too. Our third school closing, road closing snowfall this year.<br />No one can remember a year with 3 snowfalls here in NE Georgia. I doubt that this counts as an 'extreme' event, but it's not usual. This past snowfall was close to a record though.catman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-57088021843776325542011-01-12T13:39:20.839-05:002011-01-12T13:39:20.839-05:00Dead serious.Dead serious.Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-57304555388662251722011-01-12T13:19:32.478-05:002011-01-12T13:19:32.478-05:00SERIOUSLY??SERIOUSLY??Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-38894059550245033692011-01-12T13:09:14.509-05:002011-01-12T13:09:14.509-05:00I love that movie. For no reason, and always quite...I love that movie. For no reason, and always quite unconsciously, my wife and children will catch me singing this from that movie:<br /><br />http://www.spike.com/video/jerk/2764810Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.com