Heat Wave, Turkeys, and New Gulf Disaster Bird Count
First off... We hope that you had a good and safe 4th... Thanks once again go out to all our veterans who make Independence Day possible...
Onward...
Yeah, the following from CNN is not what you want to read...
"A heat wave of historic proportions could strike some Northeast states, with prolonged triple-digit temperatures possibly creating "a dangerous situation," the National Weather Service advised Monday."
You know the drill - stay in an air-conditioned environment, keep hydrated, avoid strenuous activities, etc. One other consideration... Because of the increased demand on our electrical grid from air conditioners, try to cut down on unnecessary power uses for things like TVs, a ton of lights, long hot showers, the oven and stove (salads are good), coffee pots, etc. A blackout is the last thing we need.
On to those turkeys...
Kind of cute in a creepy sort of way... There's just something about those gobblers that gives me the willies... It's as if they're "ninja birds" or "Westworld birds"...
And last but not least, the ornithological scope of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is finally coming into focus, and it reads like something out of a bad horror movie...
In a Reuters' piece entitled, "Oil spill's toll on birds set to drastically soar" authors Steve Gorman and Ernest Scheyder write,
"Despite the images of oil-soaked pelicans flooding the media in recent weeks, wildlife experts say the toll on sea birds from BP's Gulf Coast oil spill is smaller than was anticipated, so far.That is expected to change drastically for the worse."
(Emphasis mine.)
And to further brighten your day, the spill may be threatening up to one billion birds... There really is little to say... About the best we can do is offer a link so that you can try to help...
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
Cornell Ornithology Laboratory: Inside Birding
Cornell Ornithology Laboratory: All About Birding
Comments
Good morning CCA,
The turkeys are "Dino-birds", to be scientifically correct. Public Television, PBS, presented an excellent program the other night, proving that Dinosaurs never became extinct, but evolved into the birds we see every day.
Cheers,
Harry "Gipper" Morris
Posted by: Harry "Gipper" Morris | July 6, 2010 8:43 AM
And a good morning to you Harry,
Wow! Talk about timing... A couple of days ago the wife commented that she thought that the turkeys really do look like dinosaurs. I'll keep an eye out for that special. Thanks...
CapeCodAlan
Posted by: CapeCodAlan
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July 6, 2010 10:02 AM