An interesting couple of days over at Watts Up With That

The story about Hanson's boss caught my eye and I posted about it here. (Also got a very good comment from a James Butler.) Next up is this story: Forecasting Guru Announces: �no scientific basis for forecasting climate� And finally this morning comes a story that really drives home the present climate change:

Mature Arctic Ivory Gull Seen in Massachusetts - first time in over a century
One of the claims about �global climate change� is that it will affect the normal ranges of flora and fauna of our planet. Well, with a very cold northern hemisphere this winter, that seems to happening. A bird not seen (as a mature adult) in Massachusetts since the 1800�s , an Ivory Gull, normally an inhabitant of arctic areas, has been spotted. Here are the details from the Plymouth, MA Patriot-Ledger. - Anthony

GULL-LOVER�S TRAVELS: Birdwatchers flock to Plymouth to spot rare specimen
The temperatures were in the single digits, but not low enough to keep the gawkers away. A celebrity was in town, behind the East Bay Grille, a visitor not seen in these parts in decades, if not longer.

But these weren�t paparazzi, and this wasn�t a Hollywood star. Rather, they were avid birdwatchers � about 20 in all � braving the frigid air as they scanned the bay and the edges of the breakwater with binoculars and spotting scopes.

And they would be rewarded, catching a glimpse of a glimpse of a rare, fully mature ivory gull. A birdwatcher reported seeing one in Plymouth last week, and another was spotted at Eastern Point Lighthouse in Gloucester. From Sunday through Tuesday, the avian visitor was a regular in Plymouth, much to the delight of birdwatchers, who came from near and far in hopes of adding the extremely rare bird to their life list.

Ivory gulls normally stay well above Newfoundland, living on Arctic ice where they follow whales and polar bears to feed on the scraps and carcasses they leave behind after making a kill.

"affect the normal ranges of flora and fauna of our planet" indeed. The Earth has been cooling so we are going to see more and more species extending their range to the south. And your argument for Anthropogenic Global Warming again?