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Milton Bradley · May 8, 2008, 07:44 pm

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Great tits cope well with warming

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At least one of Britain's birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food.

Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars.

Writing in the journal Science, they point out that the same birds in the Netherlands have not managed to adjust. Understanding why some species in some places are affected more than others by climatic shifts is vital, they say.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) commented that other species are likely to fare much worse than great tits as temperatures rise.

OK, I won't lie, I posted this just for title, which got my attention, let me tell you.

Chaossaber314 · May 9, 2008, 09:33 am

Saw it on Fark yesterday.

Posted with obligatory "Nice Tits" picture of two birds saying "After you." "No please, after you."

grandpa · May 9, 2008, 12:28 pm

Yeah, I first thought, "Oh jeez, the mods won't like this." But it turns out to be technically okay.

Grandpa h.

Milton Bradley · May 9, 2008, 01:42 pm

I was hoping to see some great tits this afternoon, but alas, it is not to be.

Gods_Mercenary · May 9, 2008, 07:05 pm

Not what I thought it'd be.

May 9, 2008, 09:33 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
Chaossaber314 The Cake is a lie... Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,157	Saw it on Fark yesterday. Posted with obligatory "Nice Tits" picture of two birds saying "After you." "No please, after you." What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

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grandpa dimpled chad Location: Michigan Posts: 6,881	Yeah, I first thought, "Oh jeez, the mods won't like this." But it turns out to be technically okay. Grandpa h. "For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt." - H. L. Mencken

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Milton Bradley Not Machine Washable Location: Ohio Province, Rep. of Comerica Posts: 7,091	I was hoping to see some great tits this afternoon, but alas, it is not to be. Liberalism - The philosophy for the person only a Nanny State could love. Economic -5.25 Libertarian/Authoritarian -3.90 Last edited by Milton Bradley; May 9, 2008 at 03:50 pm.

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Gods_Mercenary Altruism Assassin Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,918	Not what I thought it'd be. “What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?” -George Bernard Shaw *Your friendly neighborhood Mercenary*