![]() |
![]() |
#1 | |
WG Staff
Join Date: Nov 2008
|
![]()
By Feeding the Birds, You Could Change Their Evolutionary Fate
ScienceDaily Dec. 4, 2009 By feeding the birds, you could change their evolutionary fate excerpt from above: Quote:
__________________
The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. -Mencius |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 | |
WG Staff
Join Date: Nov 2008
|
![]()
Birdfeeders Found to Cause Evolution of New Species
by Brian Merchant Brooklyn, New York on 12. 4.09 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/birdfeeders-found-to-cause-evolution-bird-species.php?campaign=th_rss excerpt from above: Quote:
__________________
The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. -Mencius |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Grub
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Montgomery, Illinois
|
![]()
I fully understand that this research is valid and shows what it shows, however, how are humans (outside of feeding birds) impacting these populations? I am referring to habitat degredation, alteration of natural food sources, obstruction of flyways (think windows, cell towers, cities, etc...), artificial light that affects migration, and more (I really could go on and on). Please remember that this is only one piece of the puzzle. If we are going to stop feeding birds, we would do well to evaluate what other changes we should make to our daily lives that put birds at risk. Maybe we wouldn't need bird feeders if we lived more ecologically intuned lives!
![]()
__________________
It's the flock, the grove, that matters. Our responsibility is to species, not to specimens; to communities, not to individuals." ~Sara Stein Living Landscapes: http://www.livinglandscapescompany.com/ |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Grub
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North Dakota
|
![]()
Gnomenative, you have hit the nail squarely on the thumb. Wopila tanka! / Strong thanks!
![]() I question the use of the term "species", too. Sub-species, perhaps, but not "species". Regardless - the birds couldn't "mooch" if humans didn't put out "munch". Given the energy requirements of winter & of migration, the birds who visit the feeders are just being sensible. As for mating patterns; they have more sense than 2-leggeds, it appears, when non-migrators only mate with non-migrators.. No one plans to break up the family on a seasonal basis that I can think of.. Humans could learn a lot.. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
Grub
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Fairfield Township, Ohio
|
![]()
I often find that if you look hard enough, you will find that someone has found something wrong with every practice and habit in the world . . .
Thank you for the article though, Staff ![]() Methinks I'll keep feeding the birds though ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Nov 2008
|
![]()
The staff posts do tend to keep me on my toes also.
__________________
"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|