I think it’s always good to see such things enacted, and it’s rarely done on such a broad scale. Common names are a big bucket of chaos for joe schmoe anyway^*^, so I’m all in favor of adopting anything more descriptive or in relation to field marks. I feel that the changes being broadcast so publicly will lead curious people to learn more about the history of birding, too- and hopefully lead to understanding why this sort of thing matters.
* Often broad species names, even. I’ve found that the general public has no idea of the difference between a mouse, mole, vole or shrew, and has even less of an idea that there are multiple species of all of them.
the main driver is going to be temperature and moisture regime changes. While things are going to change substantially, not all of the changes will be ‘bad’, but just different. We’re going to lose a lot of wetlands and soil carbon, though, most likely.
I was wondering about this but its in an area away from my house and I thought maybe it happened every year but I had not walked down the proper blocks for the proper week or something but it was insane hearing it all drop on the house roofs and such. The sidewalked was littered with them and at least initially the squirrels could not keep up.
Didn't read the whole article, but the whole thing reads as very anthropocentric to me. It seems that the entire discussion is around human/Native relationships to trees and whether we've grieved/learned our lesson enough. Which put humans entirely at the center of the narrative, when the narrative should primarily be around the tree's ecological relationships to all of nature. Hell, the article even mentions moth species that have gone extinct due to the downfall of the tree but fails to recognize that maybe humans shouldn't be the center or the universe in this narrative.
I wonder if these little things literally move on their own. Kinda like how like Venus flytraps have traps that can close when triggered by an insect (or a curious child), or how some parasitic vines will try to mimic the leaves of their hosts even if the host is artificial. Is it possible that moss’ leaves just subtly move during the day, and because we’re talking about moss balls, that subtle movement translates into physical translation? Granted, it doesn’t explain why they move together, but if you can figure out the mechanism behind the movement then it’ll make it easier to figure out the rest.
I was really excited to try this to try and figure out what the squeaky bird hiding in a tree by my window was, but it's not picking up anything (gives a pop up about how google assist interferes, but I've never had that enabled on my phone so I can't do much else) :(
It’s a great software but is not perfect. You should try posting your recording on an online birding group. There are lots of talented birders who can identify songs and calls!
Honestly this just makes sense. The bigger the animal, the more efficient the calorie gain from hunting activity, which makes them a preferable target. Also, they tend to reproduce slower.
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