tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post6958525636217060360..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: This week in birds - #527Dorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-36858030720818418262022-11-20T15:36:01.053-06:002022-11-20T15:36:01.053-06:00It is an ill wind indeed that blows no good. Perha...It is an ill wind indeed that blows no good. Perhaps we can count such discoveries on the positive side of climate change.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-37477815250952463372022-11-20T14:58:33.196-06:002022-11-20T14:58:33.196-06:00So yes, we need to do everything we can to stop cl...So yes, we need to do everything we can to stop climate change. It is going to be the death of our planet and life as future generations know it. But I am not entirely unhappy that this ancient city has been found on the Tigris. I live for these kinds of discoveries!!Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-91238707295914658002022-11-19T17:51:45.081-06:002022-11-19T17:51:45.081-06:00They are wonderful birds and we are fortunate to h...They are wonderful birds and we are fortunate to have them. Their cousin, the Pyrrhuloxia, inhabits some parts of the West, but I don't know it that extends to where you live. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-80263929714032065122022-11-19T15:31:21.863-06:002022-11-19T15:31:21.863-06:00I would love to see a Northern Cardinal one day. B...I would love to see a Northern Cardinal one day. But they don't come out west. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-51356120681682690822022-11-19T13:29:31.567-06:002022-11-19T13:29:31.567-06:00Her book is on my TBR list.Her book is on my TBR list.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-76229110503320255832022-11-19T13:27:13.254-06:002022-11-19T13:27:13.254-06:00I was pleased to read that the National Butterfly ...I was pleased to read that the National Butterfly Center is making a comeback.<br /><br />I'm reading a very good mystery right now (Elly Griffiths' latest), and although it's fiction, I'm sure there's many grains of truth in this one scenario in which a Member of Parliament believes in climate change yet is being paid well to deny that there is such a thing. I would imagine that that little practice is alive and well over here, too, since so many politicians who get elected seem to do so in order to fatten their bank accounts, not to serve the people who elected them. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-35031884328205249472022-11-19T09:29:01.260-06:002022-11-19T09:29:01.260-06:00We had the chance to visit the center several year...We had the chance to visit the center several years ago. It's an unprepossessing site and, it would seem, a most unlikely target of the haters but there is no accounting for their twisted minds. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-2807571820391227022022-11-19T08:10:43.816-06:002022-11-19T08:10:43.816-06:00One of the biggest surprises to me is how much peo...One of the biggest surprises to me is how much people in other parts of the world love our Northern Cardinal. It's so common here that I tend to take them for granted.<br /><br />The National Butterfly Center is a place I'd like to visit. It's sad that it has been the target of so much hate. Very sad.<br /><br />Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-22581327285863236022022-11-19T05:19:55.918-06:002022-11-19T05:19:55.918-06:00Good morning, Dorothy: Thank you for the weekly ro...Good morning, Dorothy: Thank you for the weekly roundup; my guaranteed signal that it is Saturday morning. I had hoped that with COP 27 taking place in Egypt this week we would be treated to a multitude of grand plans to begin to heal the Earth but we are still limping along, making vague promises, most of which will not be met, and without the tools for ensuring compliance, and one may say with confidence, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." The fossil fuel industry mounted a huge presence to lobby against change. Kind of like inviting bank robbers into the vaults. Ah well, we are now eight billion people and moving upwards. We may challenge those ants yet!David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.com