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Drought affects wildlife on first day of spring

Original post made on Mar 20, 2014

The sunny, warm weather may be a pleasure for humans, but it is showing signs of negatively impacting local wildlife, a Midpeninsula Open Space District biologist said.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, March 20, 2014, 10:48 AM

Comments (8)

Posted by Aw Gua
a resident of Bailey Park
on Mar 20, 2014 at 11:11 am

You can tell its an issue for the critters. My backyard birdbath has become increasingly popular as a watering hole for any/every animal that is in the area. Seems every time I look out my window, one animal or another is drinking the water.

Those guys are lucky to have water supplies from suburban uses. The animals in more wild areas have got to be hurting.
My favorite hidden pond in Steven's Canyon has been very sad my last 3 visits.
Its going to be an unavoidably tough Summer for critters.


Posted by Mr Adviceo
a resident of Bailey Park
on Mar 20, 2014 at 2:48 pm

In the last 500 years there has been several periods of drought, you can prove this by reading the rings of old growth timber. Just be mindful of water usage, this will come to pass.


Posted by @ mr Adviceo
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 20, 2014 at 4:07 pm

So correct, just like global warming and global cooling.


Posted by Member
a resident of another community
on Mar 20, 2014 at 6:58 pm

Sadly, the course of current global warming is not at all likely to resolve itself with a period of global cooling as anonymous from Mont Loma would have us believe - unless we all act together to take some serious corrective actions. The science is not in dispute. It's wishful thinking to assume the current situation is self-correcting.


Posted by @ member
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 21, 2014 at 12:03 pm

@Member, show use your scientific facts. Yeah, you don't have anything. Where as mother nature has been doing this for millennia. But go ahead and spread your fears.


Posted by UC Davis Grad
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Mar 21, 2014 at 3:55 pm

@ member: You should be the one providing proof that global warming does NOT exist, instead of being a troll here.

Oh wait, you don't have any evidence...


Posted by Mr. Knowing, Stanford Grad
a resident of another community
on Mar 22, 2014 at 7:55 am

Global warming is a fiction thought up by profiteers.


Posted by UC Davis Grad
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Mar 22, 2014 at 3:45 pm

@Mr. Knowing, Stanford Grad: YOU went to Stanford?

Yeah, right. Stop being a troll.


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