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• 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)! • 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. • 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! • 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.
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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 longdistance aviation, flying 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 South America in Tierra del Fuego and breed in the summer on the mainland and islands 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! • 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. • 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 protein-rich 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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Dear Dr. Donohue: I have a problem with my feet swelling. They get so big that they hurt when I walk. My doctor is puzzled. He thinks maybe it’s due to my heart pills, but he can’t change them -- my heart doctor has to. I have had two heart attacks, bypass surgery and a defibrillator put in my chest. When I’m in bed, the swelling goes down to almost normal. When I am up, it returns, even if I am sitting. I’d appreciate any suggestions. -- E.L. Answer: I believe I’m safe in saying your problem is chronic congestive heart failure. Your heart is pumping so weakly that blood circulates sluggishly. When you’re up or when you’re sitting, gravity pulls fluid out of your leg’s vessels, and it is the cause of your swelling. In the horizontal position in bed, gravity doesn’t have this effect, and the fluid stays in blood vessels. The swelling is called edema (e-DEE-muh). During the day, take frequent breaks to lie down with your legs propped up higher than your heart. When you sit, rest your legs on the seat of a chair put in front of you. Walk as much as you can during the day. The contracting leg muscles push fluid back into circulation. Limit the salt you eat; salt makes the body retain fluid. Read food labels. Most of our salt intake comes from the foods we eat, not from adding salt at the table or in cooking. But don’t do either. Your total daily salt intake should be less than 5,700 mg, preferably 3,800 mg. If salt is on the label as “sodium,” your total daily intake should be 2,300 mg or less. A better goal is 1,500 mg. Tell your heart doctor about your swelling. He might
make changes in your medicines either by increasing the dose or switching to other medicines that make the heart pump with more force. There are other causes of edema, but this is the one that seems to fit you best. The booklet on edema explains its causes and treatments. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 106W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. Dear Dr. Donohue: Several bouts of stomach pain brought me to the doctor. The pain is located in my upper right side. The doctor was certain I was having gallbladder attacks due to stones. She sent me for an ultrasound test of my gallbladder. I don’t have stones. I have something called a liver hemangioma. My doctor says I don’t need any treatment. I never heard of this and wonder what your thoughts are. -- P.K. Answer: A hemangioma is a small, ball-shaped mass of blood vessels. If 100 people had a liver scan, seven would be found to have a hemangioma. Women develop them more often than men do. They do not become cancers. They’re rarely a source of constant pain, unless they grow quite large and press on adjacent tissue. They don’t cause attacks of pain. Have you found out what causes your pain? Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. (c) 2011 North America Synd., Inc., All Rights Reserved
Long gone are the rewards for using your debit card for purchases, and a monthly fee has taken its place. At one bank, you can still receive points only if you have automatic deposits directly to savings. Another bank will start charging a monthly fee of $5 if a debit card is used. Still another bank will let you use your debit card for free if you keep $20,000 in your account.
Navigating the Maze of New Bank Fees Hurt by the loss of funds from new laws reining in fees, banks have looked for loopholes. Now they’re rushing to cash in on different ways to extract dollars from the wallets of consumers. The variety of new restrictions can make it difficult to determine what fees you’ll likely incur. Some banks are applying pressure to consumers who don’t like to do banking online by attaching fees to receiving a monthly statement by mail. At the same time, with other banks there will be a fee to access your account online. The only way to avoid it is to sign up for direct deposit of your regular paycheck -- which doesn’t help those who are self-employed and receive checks from multiple sources -- and keep a high average daily balance. At one bank, if you deal with a teller even once, there’s a fee for the month.
At another bank, checking accounts that used to be free will now be charged a fee, even for a basic strippeddown account. To have the fee waived, you’re required to make deposits of more than $500 a month and keep a high average daily balance. At one bank that minimum deposit is $6,000. With some banks, the minimum monthly balance can be the combined total of checking and savings. At another bank, you’ll pay a $20 monthly fee if you don’t keep a balance of $15,000. Still another bank will waive checking-account fees if you make five transactions per month. Those can be withdrawals, deposits, checks or ATM withdrawals. At another bank, your fees will be waived if you sign up for automatic bill pay. At still another, the fees will be waived through a combination of monthly balance and online bill pay. Complicated, isn’t it? When the notices come in the mail, read them carefully. Know what fees you’ll possibly incur. To get the best deal on your bank accounts, shop the credit unions. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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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. • 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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Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at nascarthisweek@yahoo.com. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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