The DUmmies see even more evidence of repukes destroying Mother Earth. This time, believe it or not, it's cranes:
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:57 PM
LiberalAndProud (8,192 posts)
Sandhill cranes overwinter on Platte River
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A rare and spectacular thing has happened along the Platte River west of Grand Island: People have seen and heard flocks of sandhill cranes in January.
About 1,000 sandhill cranes have overwintered along the river near the National Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary at Gibbon.
The majestic gray birds with red caps should be hundreds of miles south where it's warm at this time of year -- and not in Nebraska.
"I've been there 50 years and I've never seen it," said noted ornithologist and author Paul Johnsgard of Lincoln.
http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/sandhill-cranes-overwinter-on-platte-river/article_8ffa2a2c-f7c3-5f74-81ee-918ee9cca331.html\
Proof that global warming is a hoax*.
(Do I *need* a sarcasm tag?)
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Fri Jan 20, 2012, 01:32 PM
The Genealogist (760 posts)
6. Canada Geese around here too
in SW Missouri. It is like they never left. Usually they have flown off to winter in more southerly climes. I think some may stay, but there are two "lakes" near me (they call them lakes, but they are more like oversized ponds that form part of the landscaping in a subdivision) that have a LOT of ducks and geese, and especially Canada Geese. When I lived in Tallahassee, I saw them in winter. But not here in SW Missouri.
Since the overwhelming tsunami of prosperity given to the world by President Reagan (the echoes of which we still enjoy today), countless thousands of suburban subdivisions have been built, where people can better enjoy that prosperity, far from the democrat hordes.
Those developments include countless millions of small lakes and ponds, constructed to improve esthetics and assist in drainage systems. Likewise, the prosperity led to construction of thousands of golf course developments, and their attendant water features.
Suburbanites like to feed the geese and ducks, resulting in a population explosion among geese, especially, and a flock of millions that no longer migrates, due to the abundant food handouts.
Many states have established late summer goose hunting seasons, in an attempt to control these non-migrating resident flocks, but to no avail. They continue to grow, and the damage they do to private property has increased greatly over the past couple of decades.
The phenomenon is an outgrowth of Republican prosperity, but DUmpmonkeys see it as a sign of impending doom.
The catbox squatter gets in a shout to coach:
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 01:37 PM
Stinky The Clown (44,512 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
8. There is right wing sociopath who lives near there. I wonder what he thinks.
Up there near the roof of Nebraska, all alone in his life devoid of human contact, hopefully he gets to enjoy seeing these birds as the river flows by his back yard.
