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>From Michael Hobbs:
I don't know about studies, but I do know that on the East coast,
several prominent species have moved northward over the last 30 years.
These include Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, and Tufted
Titmouse.

Here again is a movement that can be readily explained by a factor =
other than global warming. At least as far as the titmice and cardinals =
are concerned, I grew up learning that they were probably responding to =
increased availability of food. Our family's backyard was one spot in =
snowy & cold western Massachusetts where those two species could find =
sunflower seeds aplenty. Ornamental plantings may have assisted the =
mockingbird in its northerly quest.
I have often wondered whether "we're" doing the "right thing" by =
promoting bird feeding, at feeding stations and through plantings, =
without question. It certainly muddies the water when it comes to =
explaining range alterations.

Scott Richardson
NE Seattle
salix at halcyon.com
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