Greetings --

BBC NEWS / SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT today carries a story titled "Feeding
birds 'changes evolution'" which leads off... "Bird-feeders, hung in
many a garden, can affect the way our feathered friends evolve, say
scientists.

"European birds called blackcaps follow a different "evolutionary path"
if they spend the winter eating food put out for them in UK gardens."

Full story at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/8393443.stm

Doug


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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Wash.
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