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Why the Timing of Bird Migration Is Changing

To: Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Why the Timing of Bird Migration Is Changing
From: Laurie Knight <>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:44:44 +1000
Well there are at least three types of migrants

1. There are the local altitudinal / interior-coastal migrants

2. There are the regional north-south migrants (birds that shuttle between tropics and temperate areas)

3. There are the trans-hemispherical migrants (who do the epic journeys).

We are certainly seeing the changes in the first group. Things are far trickier for the third group. They tend to breed at high lattitudes where things would still be a bit chilly in mid-winter, even when the world is a lot warmer than it is now.

Regards, Laurie.

On 14/11/2013, at 5:20 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:

I wonder what it will be like when they stop having to migrate?

Carl Clifford

On 14 Nov 2013, at 17:57, Laurie Knight <> wrote:

see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131112200637.htm and http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/climate-change-hits-migrating-birds-8936133.html
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