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Lodestar

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5. I'm wondering if climate change is also a factor.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 05:05 PM

Apr 2016

I don't know what natural climate tolerances these birds experience in their
home of origin, but perhaps the climate has changed enough for Texas/Calif and other
southern states to make them adaptable for these birds.
I would have assumed they were exposed to a wetter climate in their homelands whereas
Texas and California are surely drier. But I may be wrong.

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