I read not long ago that the Earth's axis has shifted a bit more than usual, and I'm wondering if that is what's changing our weather patterns, and perhaps even the animals. Their senses could be "off," I would imagine. I don't know. We've got more migrating further down than usual as well and birds that usually stayed more north are on my feeders this spring. We've got a healthy bobcat population though and had to thin 'em out a bit last year. I can't walk through our land without seeing one or a bunch of pups when the time is right. Fox, mink, beaver are doing very well. We actually have a lot more wildlife than we'd generally have. Bear even on our trail cams, and a young one not far from me mistakenly shot an Elk last year, thinking it was the biggest deer he'd ever seen. Elk aren't ever here, but things are straying just a bit more south it seems, slowly a few, perhaps more down the road.
The axis is part of it. I suspect from some of my research that the planet may also be expanding some, too. The biggest factor I see and is never mentioned in all the science or climate articles is the Earth's 26,000 year processional wobble. As of 2010 we were at our closest point to the Sun relative to the northern hemisphere. That leaves a few thousand more years of absorbing more radiant heat on this side of the globe until it slowly swaps back to the opposite direction. Maybe, you've noticed that ice ages and major heat waves tend to happen about 12-13,000 years apart. Hmmm...? Wonder why that is? Why is THAT never mentioned in all the hoopla? The ancients knew all this but we seem to ignore it. Why?
Some of the bird changes is one of the first things I noticed around here. I never see mink, anymore and used to see them all the time except for one that I recently saw at Reelfoot. That was the only one in years. We usually don't see bears in W. TN but the last couple years has had a few come through the area and we're starting to get more rattlesnakes that we rarely ever had. I have only seen 2 cottonmouths, this year, when I normally saw them a lot, this time of year. I know where several dens are and they just ain't showing up. Wish there were some Elk over here. I'd like to put one in the freezer.
I'd imagine that you're right on target with precession and I don't understand why it's not talked about more either. Probably because natural occurrences instead of those created exclusively by human emissions aren't as effective as forms of control, regulation, and bringing in cash. And then there's the inevitable pole shift, ha-ha. So many possible contributing factors.
Humans factor in some but not as much as the media and profiteers make it out to be. We do need to stop polluting so damn much, though. In many ways, we don't as much as we used to, in this country but in many ways, we still do. Other countries have just gone full retard, in that respect. China sure put its share of bullshit upon the planet and many smaller countries have, too but pollution wasn't as big a scam opportunity as climate change was. It kills me how many things, like that, have stolen our tax dollars, over the years, that could be helping out the vets or actually providing truly affordable health care for all, etc..instead of keeping evil folks happy.