Acorns Overwhelm Microwave Radio Transmitter

Posted by Queuebot in Animal, Science & Tech, Video Clips on February 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm


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Remember the post about where have all the acorns gone? Well, we’ve found some of ‘em.

When a microwave radio transmitter stopped working, engineers discovered that the antenna had been used as acorn storage device by woodpeckers.

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Where Did All the Acorns Go?

Posted by Alex in Paranormal, Science & Tech on December 1, 2008 at 12:37 am

First it was the bees. Then, something strange is happening to acorns: this year, there are no acorns in

"I’m used to seeing so many acorns around and out in the field, it’s something I just didn’t believe," he said. "But this is not just not a good year for oaks. It’s a zero year. There’s zero production. I’ve never seen anything like this before."

The absence of acorns could have something to do with the weather, Simmons thought. But he hoped it wasn’t a climatic event. "Let’s hope it’s not something ghastly going on with the natural world."

To find out, Simmons and Arlington naturalists began calling around. A naturalist in Maryland found no acorns on an Audubon nature walk there. Ditto for Fairfax, Falls Church, Charles County, even as far away as Pennsylvania. There are no acorns falling from the majestic oaks in Arlington National Cemetery.

"Once I started paying attention, I couldn’t find any acorns anywhere. Not from white oaks, red oaks or black oaks, and this was supposed to be their big year," said Greg Zell, a naturalist at Long Branch Nature Center in Arlington. "We’re talking zero. Not a single acorn. It’s really bizarre."

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