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WILDLIFE: Hummingbird migration falling out of sync with wildflower blooms
phenological mismatchclimate changeCrested ButteSouthern RockiesColoradoRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryErythronium grandiflorumHummingbird
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Climate change is disrupting an ancient synchronicity between hummingbird migration patterns and the nectary food source that has long sustained the birds on their yearly journeys. Glacier lilies, for example, are blooming 17 days earlier than in the 1970s, according to researchers at the Rocky Moun
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