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Larry Sheldon

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Jun 30, 2009, 12:01:25 PM6/30/09
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I have no idea what the facts are beyond what you see here, and I don't
know which is fact ans which is not.

http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/007531.html # blog item
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3Putt in Coastal SC

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Jun 30, 2009, 4:19:26 PM6/30/09
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"Larry Sheldon" <lfsh...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have no idea what the facts are beyond what you see here, and I don't
>know which is fact ans which is not.
>
> http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/007531.html # blog item
> --

Maybe if they added Fish Crows to that list......


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Larry Sheldon

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Jun 30, 2009, 4:26:58 PM6/30/09
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Around here, the big "offenders" seem to be Bluejays, Grackles,
Cowbirds, and Sparrows, not necessarily in that order.

Add humans, squirrels and raccoons from the mamalia.

jadel

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Jun 30, 2009, 4:37:40 PM6/30/09
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On Jun 30, 4:19 pm, "3Putt in Coastal SC" <bo...@theswamp.com> wrote:
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> >http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/007531.html# blog item

> > --
>
> Maybe if they added Fish Crows to that list......
>
> --
> JerryK in Coastal South Carolina


The biggest cause of songbird decline in the UK is habitat
destruction. Maybe they ought to cull some real estate developers
And modern farming practices aren't helping, either. The old field
hedgerows are disappearing fast, and with them go the birds that breed
there.

Magpies are impressive birds. People who think getting divebombed by
a Mockingbird is bad ought to experience a strafing run by an angry
Magpie.

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J. Del Col

Rick

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Jun 30, 2009, 8:39:53 PM6/30/09
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jadel wrote:
> On Jun 30, 4:19 pm, "3Putt in Coastal SC" <bo...@theswamp.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/007531.html# blog item
>>> --
>> Maybe if they added Fish Crows to that list......
>>
>> --
>> JerryK in Coastal South Carolina
>
>
> The biggest cause of songbird decline in the UK is habitat
> destruction. Maybe they ought to cull some real estate developers
> And modern farming practices aren't helping, either. The old field
> hedgerows are disappearing fast, and with them go the birds that breed
> there.
>
>
> J. Del Col
It is the same here, except probably destruction of the winter habitat
of the neotropical birds is even more devastating.

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jadel

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Jul 1, 2009, 3:46:52 PM7/1/09
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On Jun 30, 8:39 pm, Rick <Pawall...@gmail.com> wrote:
> jadel wrote:
> > On Jun 30, 4:19 pm, "3Putt in Coastal SC" <bo...@theswamp.com> wrote:
> >>>http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/007531.html#blog item

> >>> --
> >> Maybe if they added Fish Crows to that list......
>
> >> --
> >> JerryK in Coastal South Carolina
>
> > The biggest cause of songbird decline in the UK is habitat
> > destruction.  Maybe they ought to cull some real estate developers
> > And modern farming practices aren't helping, either.  The old field
> > hedgerows are disappearing fast, and with them go the birds that breed
> > there.
>
> > J. Del Col
>
> It is the same here, except probably destruction of the winter habitat
> of the neotropical birds is even more devastating.
>

Yes, indeed. Florida has been largely ruined by development. The
only good thing about the collapse of the credit market is that greedy
developers can't fund their schemes to convert the rest of the state
to malls, housing developments and golf courses. Orlando's
development around the Empire of the Rat is simply appalling, a
hideous, Dantesque sprawl.

Florida Scrub Jays face a grim future. The oak scrubland they depend
on is now so fragmented the birds can't find suitable habitat close to
them. Scrub Jays are extremely reluctant to move very far to new
territories.


J. Del Col
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Dick R.

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Jul 1, 2009, 11:07:42 PM7/1/09
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jadel wrote:

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> Yes, indeed. Florida has been largely ruined by development. The
> only good thing about the collapse of the credit market is that greedy
> developers can't fund their schemes to convert the rest of the state
> to malls, housing developments and golf courses. Orlando's
> development around the Empire of the Rat is simply appalling, a
> hideous, Dantesque sprawl.
>
> Florida Scrub Jays face a grim future. The oak scrubland they depend
> on is now so fragmented the birds can't find suitable habitat close to
> them. Scrub Jays are extremely reluctant to move very far to new
> territories.
>

As with many other areas, there are too many people with too much money
who think that environment is the temperature in the local shopping mall.
We visited Raton Mickey with the kids in the late 1970s. It was fun, and
I don't want to offend anyone, but Florida isn't on my list of places
that I want to visit again.

Dick

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