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Topic Options #116475 - 11/24/03 11:07 AM bird migration wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 While deploring the calories I was ingesting in the form of peanut butter, I was reminded how vital high caloric value can be to migratory birds. I have read that the hummingbirds what cross the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to the Yucatan peninsula store a special fat with 18 cal/gm. Human fat is 9cal/gm if I remember correctly. Then there is the godwit with migrates 7,000 miles from Alaska nonstop to New Zealand.I wonder how many miles per gm of fat they get. Top #116476 - 11/24/03 07:01 PM Re: bird migration Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada "Gotta get my wing feathers tuned up, only getting 68 miles to the gram this fall. Maybe a tail overhaul as well." Top #116477 - 11/24/03 07:10 PM Re: bird migration Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont Zed: Dr. Bill: boy, that's a tough subject to search! no luck so far... I guess I need more calories... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #116478 - 11/24/03 08:14 PM Re: bird migration wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear etaoin: I can't find that special fat thing again. All I can find is that average weight is 3 gm, about doubled before migration, and down to 2.5 on arrival. Remember too, no way they can drink. May make a bit of water by burning caolories. But 18 hours non-stop, that's amazing. Top #116479 - 11/24/03 08:23 PM Re: bird migration Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont we usually have a small group of three or five hummers each summer. lovely little noisy things! unbelieveable how far they travel. we have their arrival and departure dates on our calendar for several years back. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #116480 - 11/24/03 09:13 PM Re: bird migration wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 The hummingbirds here are dumpy figured drab gray. They ignored the syrup feeder I put out, and spent all their time checking the row of tall slender evergreen Italian cypress. I knew they could find no aphids there, and had to look at my bird CD to discover that the eat a lot of tiny spiders, and that's what they were looking for. Top #116481 - 11/25/03 09:06 AM Re: bird migration wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Here is a good URL about bird migration. It mentions "a special fat" but does not give figure for caloric value. [url]whyfiles.org/006migration/fact_sheet.html[url] Top #116482 - 11/25/03 09:19 AM Re: bird nutrition wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear WW: here is an article I think will interest you. It points out that exotic plants and trees do not promote growth of insects birds need for food. One more bad thing about ailanthus? http://www.fow.org/wildlifecomm.htm Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210094 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4, rsvalley 8452 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (zhangzhen), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 100 endymion6 70 wofahulicodoc 70 jenny jenny 61 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 22 Faldage 13 tsuwm 10 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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