New research published in Ecology by David Inouye, Amy McKinney and others shows glacier lilies and broad-tailed hummingbirds growing increasingly out of sync in the Rocky Mountains. The lilies are blooming some 17 days earlier than they did in the 1970s and many have wilted before the first hummingbirds arrive from their wintering grounds. If that trend continues, say the researchers, the birds may miss the nectar-rich flowers entirely in twenty years.
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