The Hooter Kittitas Audubon October 2010

All Audubon meetings, held on the 3rd Thurs-

day of each month, September through May

(except December), are open to the public, so

feel free to come and meet with us. A brief

business session precedes the program. Stay

afterwards for juice, treats, and conversation.

Share an evening with photographer and guidebook co-author, Alan L. Bauer, through images cap-

tured while exploring areas he has written about in Best Desert Hikes-Washington. Also covered will

be regions close to the Kittitas Valley in Day Hiking-Snoqualmie Region and Day Hiking-Central Cas-

cades, all published by The Mountaineers Books. Sometimes a tree-lined trail leads to great outdoor

pleasures and birds, other times one follows the contours of

the landscape as a guide through the more austere shrub-

steppe. Both will be thoroughly explored, providing ideas of

where to spend time outdoors this winter and beyond,

whether you walk one mile or twelve. Alan‘s photography

captures wildlife of all types, so there will be plenty to share

about the Kittitas Valley and its environs!

Alan L. Bauer is a professional freelance photographer spe-

cializing in the natural history of the

Pacific Northwest, as well as local his-

tory. A lifelong resident of the Pacific

Northwest, Alan grew up on a large

family farm in Oregon's Willamette

Valley, and has called Washington

state his home for the past 22 years.

His photographs have been published in magazines including Backpacker, Mo-

tor Home, Northwest Outdoors, Oregon Coast, and Northwest Travel. Coverage

of his work has appeared in the ―Getaways‖ weekly outdoor recreation maga-

zine insert for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, as well as the Tacoma News Trib-

une, the Tri-Cities Herald, Yakima Herald, and others.

Please join us for this great program that will introduce (or re-introduce) you to

your own ―backyard‖, right here in Kittitas County and eastward.

“Great Desert Hikes in Eastern Washington” a photographic exploration by Alan Bauer

Membership Meeting ~ Thursday, October 21st 7:00 PM ~ Hal Holmes Center

Remember our new meeting location at the Hal Holmes Center next to the library. Many thanks to the Ellensburg Public Library for spon-soring our meetings here!

Blue Grouse, Sooty sub-species, Icicle Creek

Vintage Illustration, 1851

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KAS BOARD MEMBERS

Co-Presidents – Gloria Baldi 933-1558 Gloria Lindstrom 925-1807 Vice President – Bud Rechterman 962-4508 Secretary – Jim Briggs 933-2231 Treasurer – Tom Gauron 968-3175 Conservation – Janet Nelson 509-674-6165 Education – Beth Rogers 509-674-1855 Field Trip Coordinator- Jeb Baldi 933-1558 Newsletter – Jan Demorest 933-1179 Historian – Marianne Gordon 964-2320 Program Coordinator – Hal Lindstrom 925-1807 Publicity – Gerry Sorenson 968-4857 Wildlife Habitat – Joe Meuchel 933-3011 Bluebird boxes – Jan Demorest 933-1179 Past President — Tom Gauron 968-3175

Membership – Tuck Forsythe 925-2356

*Christmas Bird Count – Phil Mattocks 962-2191 *Librarian - Ginger Jensen 925-5816 Social/Greeter – Kay Forsythe 925-2356 *NON-VOTING VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

KAS Board Meetings are held at 4:30

PM on the 1st Thursday of each month on the third floor of the CWU Science Bldg, Room 301 (above the elephant desk). These meetings are open to the public and all Audubon members; please come and join in the discussions. Meetings adjourn

by 6:00 or 6:30, after which we all

go out for a sociable dinner ~ NO business discussion allowed!

Send in your stories & photos!

Submissions from readers /members are most welcome

and encouraged!

The editor reserves the right to

edit for space, grammar, and/or

suitability. Email text and/or pho-

tos to bobcat@kvalley.com or snail

mail to Jan Demorest, Editor,

712 E 2nd Ave, Ellensburg, WA

98926. Submissions need to be in by

the 20th of the preceding month.

The Hooter is the newsletter of

Kittitas Audubon, published

monthly except for July.

Last month our message told of the many projects and tasks that members of Kittitas

Audubon do during our fiscal year which is reported to National

Audubon. All of these projects and tasks are done by volunteers. Periodically we like to honor special volunteers with THANK YOU BLUE RIBBONS. At our last membership meeting, the following four volunteers were acknowledged.

Kay Forsythe – KAS Social/Greeter Kay has provided end-of-the-meeting treats for a year and a half. Dependable and responsible define Kay. Never a meeting goes without treats!! Better--or best yet--Kay brings home-made goodies

for that extra special touch, along with another special touch- dill pickles!!! THANK YOU, KAY!!

Gerry Sorenson – KAS Publicity Chairman

Just mention that a task needs doing and Gerry is the guy that does it. He is the one who alerted us to the Sandhill Crane‘s plight, then helped arrange and capture it. Gerry also serves on the CWU Gladmar Park Project, and with Jeb Baldi, hauled a load of trash from that site for CWU. Gerry has led Audubon Field Trips and occasionally fills as leader for a First Saturday BirdWalk. And all those chairs at the annual KAS picnic; he is the provider of that

comfort for us all.

As Publicity Chair, Gerry has long been responsible for contacting the upper county newspaper and the Daily Record for all Audubon‘s

up-coming events. We really appreciate you, Gerry!! THANK YOU!

Jan Demorest and Steve Moore –Bluebird and Swift projects Jan and Steve are our Citizen Scientists. They monitor the Vaux‘s

Swifts that roost in the old Ellensburg Hospital‘s chimney during their spring and fall migration. They keep records of dates, times, numbers, etc., of the swifts‘ stay here in Ellensburg and send the data to the Swift Project which is keeping records for the entire Pacific Coast. Jan and Steve have long been involved in Bluebird Trails, building

and monitoring nest boxes and keeping detailed records year after year of all that is happening in the boxes on their, and other members‘, Bluebird Trails. An accounting of their results with information about bluebirds is online for all to read on the Kittitas Audubon Society website http://www.kittitasaudubon.org. THANK YOU, JAN AND STEVE!! Gloria Lindstrom, Co-President

PRESIDENT’S

MESSAGE

The mission of Kittitas Audubon is to develop an appreciation of nature

through education and

conservation, with a focus on birds. The goal for KAS is to foster a

vibrant active organization recognized in Kittitas County.

Saturday September 4th ~ First Saturday Bird-

Walk ~ Only two intrepid birders declined the pleas-ures of the Ellensburg Labor Day Rodeo Parade to join me for this September First Saturday Bird Walk. Here‘s

a list of the birds we found:

American Robin, Steller‘s Jay, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, California Quail, Song Sparrow, Western Wood-Pewee, Cassin‘s Vireo, House Finch, Black-billed Magpie, American Kestrel, Turkey Vulture, European Starling, Mourning Dove, Common Raven, Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier

Tom Gauron

Sept 7th - 9th ~ Birding Long Beach & Southwest Washington ~ Mt. Rainier was socked in. The moun-

tain was off our itinerary—another year with no White-tailed Ptarmigan. Nevertheless, nine Kittitas Audubon members ventured to the coast for three days of chal-lenging birding, delightful seafood cuisine, and the kind of fellowship only those who marvel at nature realize.

Our first stop was at the Nisqually National Wildlife Ref-

uge. We met old friends: little Green Herons, Yellow- throats, a Red-naped Sapsucker, and a female Western Tanager. At one point we caught up with the Sorensons who had gone ahead. In a copse of cottonwood, alder, and vine maple, Marilyn directed our attention to a Black-capped Chickadee and a Downy Woodpecker. Within seconds, Tom spotted a Yellow Warbler and a

Brown Creeper, Jeb added a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Kay found a robin. Gerry chipped in a goldfinch. I glassed a Bewick's Wren and a Wilson's Warbler. We

were collectively enchanted.

On Mud Bay at the southern end of Eld Inlet, just west of Olympia, we found Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull, Greater Yellowlegs, and a Turkey Vul-ture.

Following a brief stop at the Willapa Bay Wildlife Ref-

uge, we arrived at the Long Beach peninsula and turned south toward Ilawco for some evening birding at the harbor and jetty. We identified 11 more species, most notably several rafts of Brown Pelicans. Gloria B. re-

minded us that last winter there had been a significant

mortality increase for Brown Pelicans due to severe weather, so to witness the effortless glide of seemingly hundreds of pelicans was all the more wondrous.

We concluded our day at the Crab Pot Restaurant in

Long Beach, toasting our sightings with wine, amber beer, and green tea. Tom lifted a double scotch - he had to follow Jeb's driving for 12 hours! Fresh oysters, cod, salmon, and crab - a culinary reward for an event-ful day.

We began our second day at the Cottage Bakery. Forti-fied with hot oatmeal, sausage and gravy, maple bars and lots of coffee, we set out for Leadbetter Point.

Traveling north on Highway 103, we first visited Loomis

Lake, known for good numbers of fall waterfowl. Aside

from two lonely Pied-billed Grebes, the lake was devoid of birds. Eventually, Tom found a flock of Canadas and carefully checked each bird. Sure enough, one was dif-ferent. All of us looked through Tom's scope, noting the pinkish bill, the white front to the face, and the brownish gray body. One of the last to look at the

goose was Kay. ―Oh, yes, I see the field marks. Won-derful! A White-fronted Goose.‖ Tuck, intensely study-ing the pages of his Sibley Field Guild, emphatically pronounced that the goose was NOT a White-fronted Goose. Silence. A quick exchange of puzzled looks. A wry grin creasing his face, Tuck proclaimed, ―It's a ‗Greater‘ White-fronted Goose!‖ Much mirth and many

affected apologies for such an egregious error.

After a stop at Nachotta to scan the jetty, oyster plants,

and marina, we drove through the National Historic Dis-trict of Oysterville. Some of the homes were built in the 1860's and 70's, a poignant reminder of earlier life on Willapa Bay. Citizens must have noted the changing of seasons by the passing of birds on the tide flats.

Birding author Bob Morse says that Leadbetter Point is under-birded and has great potential. Unfortunately, we

did not experience such promise. We found many gulls, scores of Great Blue Herons, and a few unidentified sandpipers. Beautiful Cedar Waxwings and Yellow-rumped Warblers were like shimmering Christmas bulbs on the Sitka spruce trees, but where were the plovers, turnstones, dowitchers, or yellowlegs? Where were the Brandt? Over the years rarities such as the Gray-tailed

Tattler, Bristle-thighed Curlew and Hudsonian and Bar-

tailed Godwits have been reported. Our only mild sur-prise was the discovery of Band-tailed Pigeons in a stand of deciduous trees.

Back at Long Beach we opted for a short ride on the beach. Jeb had purchased a bag of day-old bread at the bakery and was intent on feeding the gulls. This proved to be entertaining and instructive. The breaking of

bread brought in Glaucous-winged, California, Ring-billed, and Hermann's Gulls.

The remains of the day were spent around the fishing

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village of Chinock, south of Ilwaco. Again, we met many old friends, including several Pintails in non-

breeding plumage.

For dinner in Long Beach we settled on ―Dooger's‖, a local favorite, specializing in seafood. After toasting the day, we relished our oysters, steamer clams, shrimp, and crab cakes.

Our final day of birding began with a hearty meal at a breakfast house in Seaview. Facing a lengthy drive with periodic stops to bird, we were anxious to get going. Jeb would not be rushed. He still had some

bread crumbs and his gull friends were calling.

We drove to the ―World's Largest Frying Pan‖ and

turned toward the beach. Sure enough about a quar-ter mile to the south the gulls were waiting by the wa-ter's edge. As Jeb was driving the upper beach, he suddenly slammed on the brakes and yelled, ‖Plovers!‖ For the next hour, we fed the gulls and scoped the plovers. Most of us were convinced that

the plovers were the uncommon Pacific Golden Plov-ers. Key field marks included a lack of black ―armpits,‖ contrasting buff and brown under wings, and a promi-nent yellow wash to the upper body. The eye spot seemed pronounced. This was a life bird for some and clearly a highlight of the trip. It was not the only sur-prise of the day.

We made several stops on the journey home-- most

on White Pass where we found Chipping Sparrows,

Hermit Thrushes, and a pair of Ospreys, but the sec-ond thrill of the day came earlier just south of Pe Ell on Highway 6. We had been stopped by a road crew.

Scanning a nearby pasture, we spotted a hawk. The red color of the shoulders and head were surprising. Just before taking flight, the buteo spread its tail and the black and white bands were vivid. The hawk flew to a bare maple tree branch above a small creek. We once again confirmed the field marks. Many of us had seen this bird in California and the mid-west, and al-

though it is uncommon in the northwest, we had iden-tified a Red-shouldered Hawk. What an exciting con-clusion to the trip.

As I finish this accounting of our adventure to the coast, I keep seeing the wonderful photo, taken by

Diane, of our group at Waikiki Beach just north of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. The setting sun illu-minates us. Roosting pelagic cormorants can be seen

on the rock cliff at our backs. Clearly, we were content to be together in nature. Steve Hall

September 18th ~ site # 1, GOLD CREEEK POND ~ Nothing like a dangerous start to the day.... as we were standing in Marianne‘s driveway getting re-grouped for the day, cones were raining down on our heads and cars. There was one very busy Douglas

Squirrel cutting heavy green cones off a big spruce tree as fast as he could. Doubtless, as soon as we

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L to R: Tuck Forsythe, Gerry Sorenson, Kay Forsythe, Jeb & Gloria Baldi, Marilyn Sorenson, Steve Hall, Tom Gauron ~ photo by Diane Gauron

“Happy Birders” at Waikiki Beach (WA) Sept. 2010

Fall "To Do" list ~ from your backyard wildlife family Page 5 The Hooter

WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 http://wdfw.wa.gov

CROSSING PATHS NEWS NOTES

September 2010

Your family may be making those fall outdoor chore lists, as daylight hours shrink, temperatures drop, and the urge grows to "batten down the hatches" in the yard and garden.

Here's another "to do" list from your local wildlife "family" that you may find easier to check off:

Leave some "dead heads" on your flowering plants

to provide seeds for some of us birds and other animals

If you must rake leaves off grass lawns, just pile

them under some shrubs, bushes or other nooks and crannies to provide homes for those insects that we birds love to eat; leaves make great mulch to help your plants, anyway!

Keep that dead or dying tree right where it is

(unless, of course, it's truly a hazard to you), so we can feast on the insects in the rotting wood or make winter roosts or dens in its cavities

Give yourself and your mower a rest for at least a

portion of your lawn so we've got a patch of taller grass to hide and forage in

Save just a little of that dead bramble thicket for us -

it makes great winter cover and we don't need much! Fall is a good time to plant shrubs, so replace invasive, exotic Himalayan and cutleaf blackberries with native plants of higher wildlife value like blackcap (native black raspberry) or red raspberry; native cur-rants or gooseberries found in your area; or native roses such as Nootka or baldhip.

Pile up any brush or rocks you clear around your

place to give us another option for nests and dens

Take it easy on yourself and let go of the "perfect"

garden image; we wild animals like less tidy, "fuzzy" places because there's usually more food and shelter there

Get yourself a comfortable chair, sit back, and congratu-late yourself on having made a home for wildlife and a haven of relaxation for yourself!

~~~~~

Hmmm. Sounds like my garden exactly. The

messier the better...

I deadhead in the spring, if then.

Leaves get chopped in place with mulching

mower to eliminate need for fertilizer.

Don't have a dead tree near the house,

though the sapsuckers are trying.

We leave lots of tall grass, as long as we can

keep big men on their big machines from

"helping"...

The birds have planted their own patch of

blackcaps, raspberries, thimbleberries, and

elderberries. Catbird supermarket.

With the hassle of getting burn permits it's all too

easy to let the brush accumulate.

Yes-s-s! Now I can sit here without guilt, sipping

my espresso while the squirrels are gathering

cones, finches and downys feed on the mullein

stalks, quail go to roost in the brush pile, and the

deer are cleaning up under the fruit trees…

Marianne Gordon

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Vaux’s Swift Migration Report: the first birds were counted on 8-16, a total of 117 roosted that night in the chimney of the Old Ellensburg Hospital on East 3rd Avenue. From then, a group of 11 devoted volunteers

counted many evenings at sunset, watching these little fliers circle the chimney, finally spiraling down inside for the night. High count of 303 birds was on August 29.

Counts stayed mostly around the mid-200’s until 9-11-10, after which numbers dropped sharply, as the weather cooled, until on 9-17 and 9-18, no swifts were seen. They’re all heading south on their long journey to Mexico and Central America for the winter. But we’ll be looking for them come spring

2011 on their flight north to nesting grounds in western and northern WA, B.C., and even southern Alaska, probably in the middle of April.

Many thanks to the volunteer ―Swifters‖ : Kris Hall, Gerry Sorenson, Janet Nelson, Tuck & Kay Forsythe, Denee & Jason Caterson, Jeb & Gloria Baldi, & Steve Moore. (Jan Demorest, co-ordinator)

Page 6 Hooter BirdKitt Postings! & much more… Here’s a selection of recent listings from our very own

regional ―BirdKitt‖, an online ―listserve‖ for all birders interested in bird sightings in Kittitas County.

If you are not already signed up, here’s how to do it: send an email to subscribe@yahoogroups.com . Reply

to the first email about Birdkitt that you receive from ―yahoogroups‖. To unsubscribe: send email to birdkitt

- unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . If you have diffi-

culty, email Beth Rogers kittittasadudbon@inland.net or Chris Caviezel chris.caviezel@gmail.com

Thanks to Beth Rogers and Cricket Webb for get-

ting this up and running! This is a great resource

for finding places to look for birds in the county.

BE A CITIZEN SCIENCE CONTRIBUTOR

Two opportunities in the next two months give the bird observer an opportunity to aid collection of data to indi-cate the status of some bird species.

October 10th is the first event and is the most time-consuming. From the Sept/Oct 2010 Bird Watcher’s Di-

gest: ―The Big Sit‖ on 10/10/10 (that date is just a coin-cidence) bird-watchers across North America will be par-ticipating in the world‘s most sedentary birding event. The overall concept is pretty simple: Find a spot, sit there,

and count the number of species you can see in 24 hours! Go to www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bigsit for details. Consider doing this with a group of friends over a BBQ and

sleep-out because 24 hours can be a long time. Sounds like fun! (as long as you stay warm!)

The second opportunity is on Thanksgiving Day where only one hour is required to record birds within a 15-foot cylindrical space (possibly from your window). The num-ber of people doing this task remains approximately the same each year as new people barely replace those that do not continue. Therefore, help is needed for the west-

ern part of the US. More details will be in the November Hooter—but be sure to put the date on your calendar!!!

Thanks to Jeb & Gloria Baldi for these announcements.

were out of his way he went back to hauling them off to his store behind the compost bin.

After picking up two more birders, we continued

on to the Gold Creek exit. It is gratifying to see how our taxes are hard at work improving the habitat along I-90 while expanding the freeway. There haven‘t been that many big machines moving that much rock since I-90 was built.

Our goal was another leftover from the original freeway construction. The large pond on Gold Creek was a gravel pit for the cement used for I-

90 which has since been improved for public use. There are picnic tables in an open grassy area and a level paved or boardwalk trail all around the pond, making it handicapped accessible, a welcome feature for this particular senior.

There wasn‘t a lot of bird activity but we made

up for that with botany lessons from our resident plant expert, Don Knoke. A new WA state resi-

dent especially wanted to know all the plants, comparing them to what she knew from Minne-sota, at a similar northern latitude.

Of the ten or so bird species that we saw, the best were two female Common Mergansers float-ing on the pond and a lone Western Grebe. Later as we were rounding the north side of the pond, a dipper showed up below us, giving us all a

good look as it worked its way along the edge of the water.

Other birds included Varied Thrush, raven, Great Blue Heron, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and robin.

Other times of year might net better birds but in any season this is a beautiful walk, passing through habitats varying from wet to dry. There were many signs of beavers at work. Some fir trees have great patches of sap where beaver have been getting the sweet juices from under

the bark. Looking to the other side we could see their large beaver den. Frogs, squirrels, and chipmunks rounded out the visible wildlife .

Marianne Gordon

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And More Field Trip Reports….. 9-21-10: observed a Lewis Woodpecker catching

insects on Hwy 10/Teanaway River. I have never

seen one in the area, it was a rare treat! ~ Diane (upper county)

9-24-10: I had 3 Evening Grosbeaks at my feeder

a couple of days ago – one male in the midst of

molting his bright breeding plumage, and two

females. Wonder if the hungry hordes will show up

soon? ~ Jan Demorest in Ellensburg proper

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Recently the Kittitas Audubon Board added our organization‘s name to a national letter asking the EPA to ban

lead from being used in the manufacture of hunting ammunition. The Environmental Protection Agency turned down that request and the following is an editorial in the New York Times on 9/13/10.

―The Bullet that Keeps on Killing ~ At the end of August, the Environmental Protection Agency turned down a petition to ban lead from the manufacture of hunting ammunition. According to the agency, it lacked the legal

authority to regulate lead in that form.

But that conclusion is legally dubious and it was a sudden and premature about-face for the agency, which had planned a two-month public comment period on the subject. And the turnaround came after the National Rifle Association asked the E.P.A. to reject the petition. The N.R.A. said this was just a backhanded attempt to impose gun control.

The N.R.A. should consult the hunters among its members. They know that getting lead out of the environment is essential. Lead is as toxic in nature as it is in the form of lead paint in houses. Scientists have established a clear link between lead from ammunition and the poisoning of some 75 species of birds—especially waterfowl and scavengers like condors, eagles, and ravens.

There are safe, effective substitutes for lead in ammunition, and some states have experimented with a swap—encouraging hunters to trade in lead ammunition for nontoxic shells.

We urge the E.P.A. to reconsider this hasty decision. The agency has the authority it needs to regulate the lead

in ammunition as a toxic substance, even though it isn’t authorized to regulate the manufacture of ammunition itself. (It has said it will consider a ban on lead fishing sinkers, which would be welcome, but that is not going nearly far enough.) A bullet fired from a hunter’s gun should kill only once, not go on killing again and again.‖ NYT

KAS Board Notes

Upcoming KAS Field Trips

THANKS TO KITTITAS COUNTY BUSINESSES SUPPORTING KAS!

Inland Internet, Roslyn, donates Internet service for our Website: http://www.kittitasaudubon.org

Old Mill Country Store, Ellensburg ~ Provides a discount on bird seed to KAS members

and prints our county bird lists. Get your bird seed here!

Kittitas Audubon

P.O. Box 1443

Ellensburg WA 98926

OCTOBER ~ Saturday October 2nd ~ First

Saturday BirdWalk – Irene Rinehart Riverfront

Park. This will begin our 9th year of this event.

Meet at the bridge parking lot at 8:00 AM for

about a three-hour walk on uneven ground. Bring

binoculars and a friend or two. Leaders: Gloria &

Jeb Baldi

Saturday October 9th ~ “Out of the way”

Ponds. Half a day with Gerry and Marilyn

Sorenson discovering new ponds in the lower

county. Meet at the west end of Super One park-

ing lot at 8:00 AM to carpool.

Saturday October 16th ~ 3rd Saturday Birding

by the Map Site # 8: Coal Mines Trail & Urban

Forest of Roslyn. Call Cricket (674-4035) or

Marianne (964-2320) for details.

NOVEMBER ~ Saturday November 6th ~ First

Saturday BirdWalk – Irene Rinehart Riverfront

Park 8:00AM Bridge parking lot. Leader: Jeb

The Hooter - October 2010 The Newsletter of Kittitas Audubon

http://www.kittitasaudubon.org

Future Programs (mark your calendar!)

November 18th: Richy Harrod & Bill Gaines,

USFS researchers ~ "Forest Restoration Strat-

egy in the Eastern Cascades."

December: Christmas Bird Count and Potluck

No Program/Membership Meeting!

January 20th: TBA

AN INTERESTING READ IN THE NEW YORKER magazine:

In the July 26th issue of The New Yorker is an article detailing what is happening to birds in

Europe. Emptying The Skies by Jonathan

Franzen is very disturbing and makes one contemplate the plight of birds with so much of humanity so uninformed.

From “The Peep-Show: Amusement and Instruction for the Young” published 1877 by Strahan & Co. London