Re: Oh Canada, the Loons are suppose to fly south, not NORTH!

chuck, I'll try tomorrow to post some detailed information on the loon.

but it might interest you to know that occasionally with migratory
birds the bird flies the wrong direction. it's thought to be due to CNS
or genetic abnormalities, they don't really understand it. birds
migrate according to poorly understood mechanisms related to sunlight,
star positions, and the earth's magnetic field.

and birds are quite a bit different from mammals in terms of the
organization of the cerebral cortex, so it's hard to relate to exactly
what is going on...they're sort of in their own CNS realm.

so what you get in reverse migration is for example a warbler that
flies north for the winter instead of south to the caribbean.

those birds typically aren't going to survive..LMAO..they'll either
freeze to death, starve to death, or fall prey to a year-round resident
raptor looking for easy pickings.


4man12 wrote:
lol, on da phone wit da stark raving lunatic.

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