Florida wading birds: Cold and hungry

Thousands of wading birds have foregone nesting this year throughout the northern Everglades, South Florida Water Management District senior scientist Mark Cook said.

“Perhaps they’re just too hungry to be sitting on their nests,” he said.

Nest surveyors counted 4,670 nests in the northern Everglades this past week compared to more than 41,000 nests last year, a record-setting flush of feathers.

Cook suggests that at the same time the cold weather sapped the birds’ energy, high water levels spread their fish prey across a larger area, making it more difficult to find food.

[Were these letters from "believers"?] - The Frederick News-Post Online

On March 12, we received two identical letters about global warming that were signed by different readers.

We don't print form letters because they are not original work. We want our readers to voice their own opinions in their own words, not pass along the prepackaged thoughts of someone else with their names attached to them.

AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Feet of Snow Expected in Mountains of California

A late-season storm system will bring heavy snow and high winds to the mountains of California Sunday into Monday, rendering travel nearly impossible in some areas. Some elevations over 5,000 feet will pick up several feet of snow by the end of the day Monday.

Africa – The Islands « Musings from the Chiefio

I just can’t see a way for a globally diffuse effect to manifest in all these different profiles. Things sitting in the same bathtub ought to be the same. Unless, of course, you are measuring local site issues and not climate….