Post by Steve.IAPost by Larry SheldonI don't disagree (that would be terribly presumptive of me), but what I
find mildly interesting is the occurrences of RW Blackbirds at feeders
this year.
We have an abundance or RWBB around, and for the last 3 years we've had 1
male coming to the BOSS feeder. Not sure how many are coming, but only see
1 at a time and always male, never female.
They seem to fit in with the regulars and not be too pushy
When the one (I assume it is the same bird--hard to tell, but never more
than one) is here it fits right in--several cases of it being here quite
a while before I realize it is not a Grackle. It works in the middle o
the pack, while the Cowbirds (males only, near as I can tell--see
Mystery Bird) work the edges.
Post by Steve.IAPost by Larry SheldonWe have seen them in the neighborhood ever since we came here, but this
year is the first to see them on our property, much less at our feeders.
And we still see one with the Grackles sometimes.
Is there an oddity here, or just a sampling error?
And I supposed to blame Bush, Global Warming, or what?
Blame or credit?
When I am being serious, I would credit Bush for all but some financial
and economic matters. I am never serious about "global warming"
although I get very serious about the insanity, expense, and loss of
freedoms in connection with attempts to prevent it.
If you are still reading and are not interested in my views on this
matter, stop reading now.
But I have sort of painted myself into a corner, and I feel a need to do
something about it.
In the first and last this is or should be a matter of science, and
science toes not actually delve into beliefs. So don't ask me if I
believe in global warming.
The evidence seems to support a contention (that I make) that the Earth
has, by definition, been warming since the "bottom" of the last ice age.
It will continue to warm (Or did continue to warm) until we "turn (or
"turned) the corner" to head back down to the next ice age. The
ambiguity here is due to the fact that there has not been much warming
in the last ten years or so, but it is way too early to be making any
pronouncements on the matter.
Carbon dioxide seems to have little to do with the matter (as you would
expect from an understanding of what is known about the matter). The
saturation of carbon dioxide has continued to rise at a near linear rate
through the last ten years while the temperature has not. (Don't bother
pointing out the arguments that the temperature is actually rising lest
you trigger a dissertation on the various ploys being used to "correct"
the graphs to match the beliefs.)
Warm is not bad. Warm is good, cold is bad.
Historically, warm has been associated with plenty, progress, and
wellbeing. Cold has been associated with pestilence, disease, and famine.
And I will say in what is probably a belief, but one that can be
demonstrated pretty readily, that most of the things that the believers
say we should be doing are in fact aspects of the war on brown people,
and the drive to subject us all to government rule of every minute part
of our lives.
As Glenn Reynolds ( think it was) said, when Al Gore and others start
acting like they think there is an emergency by getting rid of their
huge houses, huge airplanes, and huge opulent house boats, then and only
then will I think there might be an emergency.
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