It reminds me of "Sea of Slaughter" by Farley Mowat, the Canadian
naturalist and author and sounds like an addendum to his fine work.
Bernie
>I thought I might take this onboard and post this article; after all, if we
>as nature recordists loose species like this, we have less to record.
>This one in particular is close to my heart....
>
>Martyn
>
>Martyn Stewart
>Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
>http://www.naturesound.org
>N47.65543 W121.98428
>Redmond. Washington. USA
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line)
> On Behalf Of Canyon Wren
>Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 7:14 PM
>To:
>Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Scottish Seabird Disaster Article
>
>Hi All,
>The following article is cause for concern. It is an article about a
>Scottish Seabird Disaster.
>
>http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=546138
>
>
>Add to the above that we have a Snowy Owl summering in Indiana, an extremely
>rare occurence that causes one to ponder why.
>
>Additionally, another Hoosier birder wrote the following which is also
>disconcerting:
>
>I found this information to be very interesting but alarming.
>I just returned from a two week pelagic trip in the
>Bering Sea and throughout the entire region a complete
>breeding failure of murres seems to have occurred.
>We saw tens of thousands of Common and Thick-billed
>Murres sitting on their nesting cliffs but saw no
>chicks or eggs or other signs of breeding. There were a
>few downy gull chicks around but that was it. With puffins and
>cavity nesters it was difficult to assess the
>breeding situation. No one seemed to have an explanation
>other than lack of food. Long-lived birds will forego
>breeding in order to save themselves if they sense a
>food shortage.
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>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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