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by Patricia L. Cook As the daylight hours shrink and the weather cools, heralding the coming of winter, wouldn’t you like to be like the birds and just head south?

This Tidbits will explore the interesting phenomenon of bird migration.

• According to freedictionary.com, migration is “seasonal movement of a complete population of animals from one area to another. Migration is usually a response to changes in temperature, food supply, or the amount of daylight, and is often undertaken for the purpose of breeding.”

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• If you spend time in cold climates, you can easily understand the advantage birds gain by flying south in the winter. Cold temperatures and the lack of food make it quite unattractive to stay in the north where snow and ice cover the ground.

• Approximately 4,000 species of birds are regular migrants. That’s about 40 percent of the total bird species in the world. In North America, there are about five billion land birds from 500 species that leave their nesting areas and choose to spend winter south of the border.

It is estimated that more than 100 species that spend their summer breeding time in the United States leave the country in the winter for the warmer climates of the West Indies and/ or Latin America. turn the page for more!

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www.Tidbitscv.com THE BIRDS (continued): • Much food needed by birds is not available in cold climates during winter: seeds, fruits and insects are absent or covered with snow. Mice and small mammals, food for larger birds, hibernate or hide from the cold.

• Birds take their cues for timing migration from nature. The change in daylight hours, not the weather, is what spurs them to fatten up for their long journeys south. Weather is unpredictable, but daylight hours change the same way every year.

• The northern U.S. states, Canada and even as far north as the Arctic provide the breeding grounds for many birds. After breeding and spending long days tweeting and flying in the north, birds start eating extra food to prepare for migration as the days get shorter. Many increase their size substantially to help them endure migration. Some fly extreme distances at amazingly high altitudes.

• Not surprisingly, larger birds fly faster than smaller ones. Speeds range from 20-50 miles per hour (32-80 km/hr). Some flocks fly for about 10 hours a day, which could be as much as 500 miles! Studies have shown that most birds fly lower than 10,000 feet (3 km), but some have been recorded flying as high as 29,000 feet (9,000 m)!

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• The height record is held by bar-headed geese, known for crossing the Himalayas at heights up to 29,000 feet (9,000 m), traveling between central Asia and India.

• A mallard holds the record for the highest documented flight altitude for a bird in North America. The duck met his demise when he hit an airplane at 21,000 feet (6,400 m).

• A flock of whooper swans was observed at 27,000 feet (8,230 m) by a pilot as they moved from Iceland to Western Europe.

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More Money to Help Homeless Veterans The number of homeless veterans doesn’t seem to be getting any less. The latest annual figures still show 76,000 veterans homeless every night, with 135,000 needing to spend at least one night in a shelter. But the Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to help.

Recently an additional $10 million was granted to 11 states to provide more services to homeless veterans.

The money is going to the National Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem programs so they can continue to help mentally ill veterans, as well as homeless women veterans and others.

This is on top of the nearly $60 million handed out this year. Some $3.4 billion has been earmarked for homeless programs.

The VA also has launched a program to eliminate homelessness among veterans by 2015. Instead of limiting it to emergency-shelter services, it’s focusing on prevention itself, with employment and permanent housing as part of the longterm solution.

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Development and VA Supported Housing has more than 20,000 housing units throughout the country designed for homeless veterans who need support services. The housing is available via Section 8 housing vouchers, and veterans with families are included.

Veterans have to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the vouchers, including physical disability, substance use or mental illness.

Those accepted are required to take advantage of the support services and case management, but must be able to live independently on a daily basis.

If you need emergency or permanent housing help, call 1-877-424-3838. There are counselors available 24/7. You can call for yourself or for someone else who might need help. They’ll ask a few questions and will have information about programs in your area. You can also go online at www. va.gov/homeless.

Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail. com. © 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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I had no sooner passed the canoe racks when I looked up and saw a bare tree weighted down visually by hundreds of red, yellow, blue, pink and green tags flickering in the gentle breeze and dangling from the lowest branches.

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THE BIRDS (continued): • The Arctic tern has the longest annual migration in not just the bird world, but also the entire animal kingdom! It flies from the far north, in or near the Arctic, where summer days are longest, to its wintering grounds in the southern hemisphere off of Antarctica, where days are longest from November to February, which is summer there. The Arctic tern probably encounters more sunlight during the year than any other creature on the planet.

Arctic terns travel approximately 22,000 miles (35,400 km) for migration annually. They live many years with the longest on record living 34 years. That adds up to a lot of frequent flier miles!

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• Another long-distance migrant bird is the red knot, which is a large beach shorebird that nests in the Arctic in the spring and summer. Before heading south, red knots increase their body weight by 40-50 percent. The extra weight, their “fuel load,” allows them to fly about 1,850 miles (3,000 km) without stopping. They are truly masters of long-distance aviation, flying —28— more than 9,300 miles (14,967 km) from south to north in the spring and repeating the trip every fall. Of the five varieties of red knots, the rufa is known to winter at the southern tip of OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK South America in Tierra del Fuego and breed KIDS EAT FREE in the summer on the mainland and islands WITH A PURCHASE OF $7.99 OR MORE. FREE MEAL MUST COME FROM KIDS MENU! LIMITED TO ONE FREE MEAL PER ADULT ENTREÉ ORDERED. SOME RESTRICIONS APPLY. within the Arctic Circle.

• Not all migrant birds are large with big wings to make the trip. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are tiny birds that weigh as little as one-tenth of an ounce (2.6 g). They fly 500 miles (800 km), nonstop, across the Gulf of Mexico!

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• Ornithologists, scientists who study birds, have studied migration for years and identified four North American routes, or flyways, that birds use for flying north and south. They are: the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific Flyways. They follow coastlines, major mountain chains and the Mississippi River valley. The landmarks help birds stay on course.

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• The main reason migration persists in the bird world is for breeding success. Birds are able to raise more offspring when they get away from extreme heat and cold. Long daylight hours in the spring, summer and fall provide proteinrich food for birds that give them strength for breeding. Different species go to different areas depending on their eating habits and needs.

• The breeding grounds for snowy owls are in the far northern Arctic tundra. When snowy owls migrate, they go south, but may only go as far south as Canada. When the winters are exceptionally harsh or their food supplies are scarce, they will venture farther south and may be seen in the northern United States.

Although considered a North American bird, they occasionally migrate to areas of northern Europe and Asia.

• Harry Potter fans are probably aware that Hedwig, Harry’s famous companion, is a snowy owl. They are not known in real life for magic, but they are known for their striking white plumage and large size. While most owls are nocturnal, which means they are active at night, snowy owls are diurnal; they hunt and are active during the night and day.

• While you sit around the fireplace or enjoy your wood stove this fall and winter, read a book or two about birds that migrate to maintain their existence.

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OVERCOMING THE ODDS: DR. BEN CARSON Born in a poor area of Detroit, Michigan, on September 18, 1951, Benjamin Solomon Carson was called “Bennie” by his mom but “Dummy” by many of his classmates.

• It is very obvious now that the classmates were wrong. Dr. Ben Carson is a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon today.

• Carson and his brother, Curtis, were raised by their mother, Sonya, after their father left the family when they were young. Sonya only had a third grade education, but she had love for her boys and was determined to help them succeed.

• Sonya required her boys to read at least two books a week and write book reports for her.

Carson learned to love reading and saw great rewards in school from the knowledge he gained from it.

• One of the hardest things for Carson growing up was dealing with teasing from other kids because of the clothes he wore. He was not as fashionable because of a lack of money. He developed quite a temper and even became violent at times. When he almost stabbed a good friend, whose big belt buckle protected him, he realized his attitude had to change.

• After the incident, Carson got back on track for success when he prayed and read the Bible. He lingered on the verse in Proverbs 16:32: “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty.”

• Carson finished school at the top of his class and earned high honors in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program. At graduation, he was offered a full scholarship to West Point Military Academy. Carson, however, had many doors open for him due to his excellent scholastic record.

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DR. BEN CARSON (continued): • Carson had only $10 for a college application fee and used it to apply to Yale University and was accepted. He graduated from Yale in 1973 and entered the University of Michigan Medical School. Carson discovered he was skilled with a knife in his hand — this time to save lives, not to hurt others. He developed a love for neurosurgery, working on the brain and the central nervous system.

• After medical school, Carson was awarded one of only two positions as an intern in neurology for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Carson married his wife, Candy, while at Johns Hopkins. After his successful internship and four years as a resident in neurosurgery there, he and Candy moved to Perth, Australia, for a one-year residency.

• After returning to the United States, Carson became the youngest Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery in U.S. history at Johns Hopkins.

From that time on, he has done amazing work, including a hemispherectomy on a small girl who had epilepsy. This operation involved removing part of her brain to prevent seizures.

He also made medical history in 1987, leading a medical team of 70 in separating a pair of Siamese twins who were joined at the head.

• Dr. Ben Carson has written several books and had movies made about his life. He is also a motivational speaker, encouraging young people to set goals and work hard to reach them. He established the Carson Scholars Fund in 1994 to help “young achievers make the most of their brain power.” In addition, Dr. Carson is still saving lives with his surgical skills.

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GETTING SPICY! (continued) • One spice still demanding a high price is saffron, which comes from the flower of a crocus species that only blooms for about two weeks. Each flower contains three stigmas, the tiny parts ground for the spice. It takes about 200,000 stigmas to produce one pound (.45 kg) of saffron. Fortunately, it only takes a tiny amount of saffron to flavor most dishes.

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While Bowyer, who won, and second-place Jeff Burton were breaking away from the pack, Blaney and Keselowski were advancing from 14th and 15th in the race’s decisive, two-lap finish.

“That was odd to see them get that far away that quick,” Blaney, from Hartford, Ohio, said. “That is obviously what made it a different kind of race. ... It’s exciting racing, whether it’s tandem or packs, stressful on the drivers, exciting for the fans.” *** Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at nascarthisweek@ yahoo.com.

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An Early Present for Blaney, Baldwin The finish of the Good Sam Club 500 was sideby-side, but third place was “Cinderella.”

Dave Blaney, driving the underfunded Golden Corral Chevy for owner Tommy Baldwin, took the checkered flag third, matching a career best.

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