Bird Flu & Global Warming Panic
BIRDS are dying. No, it’s worse than that. British birds - our birds - are dying.
Not too long ago, back in the dim and distant past when flu-addled birds were coming to do for us all, we may have cheered this news.
Dead swans? Tis a cruel world. But Better them than us. And don’t get us started on the chaffinches…
But now the death of birds is seen as a terrible thing. “Swansong for our birds,” says the Express. “British songbirds have plummeted to their lowest levels in gardens for five years.”
The Express knows this because the RSPCA operates a Big Garden Birdwatch operation.
Bird fanciers are invited to record sightings of birds in their gardens. There is, as ever, room for human error and manipulation. Bird watchers, a shadowy breed, may claim to see fewer birds in order to create a panic in the greater community. Low numbers trigger a Government-sponsored bird breeding programme. More birds result.
Or it may be that mild winter temperatures in Europe and booming woodland harvests mean fewer birds have to fly to gardens and peck at hanging baskets of peanuts.
In “the vanishing robins”, the Mail bemoans the lack of “cheery song” in the British garden.
Robin numbers are down by more than a third in the past decade; there has been a seven percent drop in the past year. Blackbirds are reduced by quarter. Song thrushes are down by two-thirds.
Global warming is to blame, says the paper.
But might there be another reason? Might it be that those warning stories of killer birds have encouraged some humans to get them before they get us?
Is a Robin’s red breast less a thing of beauty than a moving target..?
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March 29th, 2007 at 2:31 am
[...] News NowAnorak - Not to worry though, Mother nature has her ways of balancing the ball as they say in Ordsall. We may see fewer blue tits in a central square.I think they have flown all the way from(Italy?) and after spending about a week here making a real racket [...]
March 27th, 2007 at 9:16 am
My Dear Fellow Anorakian, John,
What on Earth are you going to do with three cod! Could you please send me a video for my CodPiece Porn Collection. You are a very sick man…..sea me in Soho.
My morning morphin is kickin in….to waste it would be a sin..
Cod Peace & Light
The Doctor.
P.S. Billy is doing fine now thanks. We have completely RehaBillytated him. His love of our fine feathered friends has developed into an all inclusive love that now includes Fish. My new Fish & Feathers Therapy is now on the menu……if its good for Billy it could suit you too…
Birds of a Feather Come Together….as we say in Soho & Salford.
Cod Peace & Flight
Doctor DoLittle……I think I need to increase my daily dosage of dope…
it seems to be having no effect on me these days…nothing is pure anymore…..
Good Day John.
March 27th, 2007 at 1:03 am
Birds dying? Im not sure about that…….every year where I`m located in Brazil, thousands of birds fly from Europe and settle in a group of trees in a central square.I think they have flown all the way from(Italy?) and after spending about a week here making a real racket as they nest in the trees, they eventually fly back to Europe.
A house that I visited about six years ago had about 55 bird cages that were part of a private collection.Many different birds from Brazil and their colours were simply fantastic….just like out of a paint pot.
Changing the topic….can Dr.Dolittle send me triple cod and chips?Don`t worry about the salt and vinegar there is plenty here. Thanks….. your almost my hero!
Bye, Tweet, tweet!
March 26th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Billy The Twitch Says:
March 26th, 2007 at 1:03 am
hey blakey…….I am in salford….not far from the beach and the birds.
springtime in salford is simply busting with birds,brazilians & beaches.
Wish You Were Here?
Billy
Doctor DoLittle Says:
March 26th, 2007 at 9:23 am
hey blakey….the twitchers of britain have been out counting bids for the Royal Society…..not that they need any….plenty of tits in the Royal Family.
Anyways it seems that we have less birds visiting our country due to Global warming so they say.
Not to worry though, Mother nature has her ways of balancing the ball…as they say in Ordsall. We may see fewer blue tits because of the warmer winters. The sizzling south american summers though should bring about an increase in the number of birds with red breasts and brazilians on the british bitches….oops soz…. beaches.
I have been doing my own bird research and the reason my region is busting with birds,it seems, is down to the kind of seed we feed our birds in salford. We seem to attract more swallows and tits than anywhere else in the Kingdom.
Got to go now and clean out my birds box. Always a pleasure to talk to you John.
Wish you Were Here?
Billy The Twitch.
Billy The Twitch Says:
March 26th, 2007 at 9:31 am
oops ….I used used Doctor D’s P.C. as I was waiting in his office for some Fantastic Fish Therapy….I hope his secretary Suzi did’nt sea me.
I found this in my plaice
just dropped it in to this opinion before i dropped my afternoon opium
the Morphin is kickin in…..
The Doctor
March 26th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Well, my contribution wouldn’t back up their claims. I’ve seen all those varieties in the last week.