Comments on: Scientists crawl into tower of poo to understand reasons for swift decline

By: Amelie

Amelie — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:25:36 +0000

Don’t forget that A. chimney swifts migrate to N.A. from S.A. where more pesticides may be in use and B. they lost their original old growth forests to the settlers, who cleared it for human habitat, at which point the swifts began using chimneys and other structures. Now with chimney capping and exclusion, their chimney habitat has significantly declined and they have fewer places to nest.

By: Stefanos

Stefanos — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:55:10 +0000

That was great timing!
Just when a huge pile of work-guano landed on my desk, I read this post and well, felt less alone

Of course my guano is metaphorical but hey, as you said in Twitter, some scientists literally crawl through this, so.. I shouldnt complain!
Fascinating research nonetheless..

By: Kevin Bingham

Kevin Bingham — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:42:14 +0000

I wonder why they don’t do core sampling instead of digging.

By: Robert S-R

Robert S-R — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:30:13 +0000

Bugs, bird poop, and history. I think that’s a hat trick!

I’d love to know what they find in the future!

By: vince

vince — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:21:31 +0000

submit this to mike rowe’s dirty jobs