Blackbirds are apparently adapting to city life.
And just like us, they get more stressed in the busy cities than their relatives in the countryside.
But in contrast to humans, blackbirds in cities get more resistant to stress than blackbirds in the countryside. Each generation can take more and more stress, and evolution runs much quicker with these little birds than they do for us. A blackbird in the wild rarely gets older than five years.
Ironically, it seems birds adapt better to the stressful environment we create, than we do ourselves.
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Blackbirds sound alot like people. At least, the stress part. I am Onemargaret and I am new to blogging. My site is at http://www.onemargaret.blogspot.com and you are welcome to read my blogs and comment as often as you like. I will surely do the same for you. Have a nice Labor Day weekend.
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