Audubon articles from May 2001

Audubon archives from May 2001

(editor's note).
May 1, 2001... THIRTY YEARS AGO I WAS A BUDDING ENVIRONMENTALIST. I OWE A LOT OF this development to a man named Ken Uyeda, my fourth-grade teacher and the Scarsdale Audubon chapter's president. In Mr. Uyeda's suburban New York classroom, he vividly explained...

(audubon view).(protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... DEAR AUDUBON MEMBER, I'M A LUCKY PERSON. MY WORK TAKES ME TO MANY OF THE GREATEST PARKS and refuges in the world. Of all the magnificent places I have seen, none is more impressive and memorable than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in...

(letters).
May 1, 2001... "Defiling a sacred Hopi religious ceremony with crass allegations of torture is a disservice to the readers of Audubon as well as the Hopi Tribe." -- Eugene Kaye All That Glitters TED WILLIAMS'S "GOLDEN EAGLES for the Gods"...

A Cure for Sea Sickness.(no-fishing zones could produce larger fish and increased diversity of species)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... CONTEMPLATING WHAT'S AHEAD FOR the world's oceans, Steve Palumbi sees a future as dark as the deepest waters. Consider the 90 million metric tons of food being pulled from the sea each year. "In the Caribbean, virtually all the coral reefs are...

BEETHOVEN WAS A BIRDER.(songs of birds influenced classical composers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... The call of the cuckoo inspired a few snippets of Beethoven's music. For Vivaldi, it was the song of a goldfinch; for Frescobaldi, the Eurasian woodcock. "If you survey the birds of the world, you will find that some of them sound like flutes,...

RAGWEED REIGN.(carbon dioxide stimulates plant growth, increasing pollen counts)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ever wonder why the pollen count seems to climb every year, along with your misery index? You can blame rising [CO.sub.2] associated with global warming, says Lewis Ziska, a plant ecologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Working out...

SEX SWITCHERS.(chinook salmon)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... When is a female not a female? Scientists studying chinook salmon in Washington's Columbia River found that 84 percent of 100 wild chinook salmon from the Hanford Reach area began life as males but developed as females. One possible...

PORTRAIT OF A BIRD MAN.(Don Richard Eckelberry)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 1, 2001... DON RICHARD ECKELBERRY, ONE OF THE great bird artists and field ornithologists of the 20th century, who died on January 14 at the age of 79, wrote a few years back that he had completed "somewhere between six and eight good paintings" in his...

ECO-CAMPUS.(dorm at Wisconsin's Northland College built ecologically)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... If you're a college-bound senior mulling your choices, perhaps you should consider the Harvard of higher, greener education: the Environmental Living and Learning Center at Northland College, in Ashland, Wisconsin. Since 1998 the center has...

Crossed Signals.(telemetry devices may help poachers find wildlife)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... HAVING NO IDEA THAT HE WAS APPROACHING a wildlife official, a photographer strolled over to Thomas Zeiber, a biological technician with Yellowstone National Park's Wolf Project, as Zeiber was standing beside a road with a handheld antenna,...

ENVIRO-SLEUTH.(Arkansas man uses infrared technology to track polluters)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCH THE TV SHOW COPS just to see bad guys get chased down. But John Church, an environmental specialist with the Arkansas Health Department, always wanted to catch the bad guys himself. So after watching an episode of a...

WASTED.(recycling facts)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Here, according to the Container Recycling Institute, are four reasons that the United States is falling on the trash heap of history when it comes to recycling. 1) As Americans spend less time at home, their use of disposable beverage...

HANNIBAL OF THE SEA.(shrimp eats sea life at Monterey Bay Aquarium)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Last April the two killers left Florida and headed west, stowed deep within a shipment of rocks bound for the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. By the time they were discovered, hiding out in the children's section of the aquarium, it was...

Of Salt and Seabirds.(problems faced by Salton Sea National Wildlife Refugre)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... THE SONNY BONO SALTON SEA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HAS a big name and big problems. Located on a huge, salty sea in the southeastern California desert, it's an important stop along the Pacific Flyway for millions of birds seeking a little...

Whale Song.(recording, and reacting to, humpback whale songs in Alaska)
May 1, 2001... The humpback's music is more complex than any we know, other than our own. What epic poems do whale bards compose? IT IS NOVEMBER IN SITKA, ON BARANOF ISLAND, ALONG the narrow southeastern panhandle of Alaska. November sweeps into the...

The Secrets of Fire.(scientists are increasing their knowledge of wildfires, including the chemical compounds released into the air)
May 1, 2001... Researchers are making a host of exciting new discoveries, from the fact that wildfires cause mercury pollution to the existence of "fire fingers." ONE NIGHT LAST JULY, I WOKE SUDDENLY AND SAT BOLT upright, my senses alert. My heart raced...

The removable FEAST.(South American birds, called red knots, are dependent on a vanishing horseshoe crab population in Delaware Bay)
May 1, 2001... Every spring for centuries, red knots have fueled their 9,000-mile migration by gorging themselves on horseshoe-crab eggs at Delaware Bay. Now overzealous crab fishermen have nearly stripped the knots cupboard bare. FROM BEHIND THE DUNES...

"Good morning, it's a beautiful day at Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary.".(touring the Sabal Palm Audubon Center and Sanctuary in southern Texas)
May 1, 2001... Managing the last forest of its kind in the nation, Jimmy Paz is teaching children invaluable lessons about nature and their futures. JIMMY PAZ RAISES HIS ARMS AND BECKONS: "Ven para aca." ("Come over here.") [Spanish open quote] Todos...

Suburban renewal.(images of photographer Terri Weifenbach)
May 1, 2001... The turn-of-the-century clergyman and political reformer Charles Henry Parkhurst had a poetic take on domestic life. "Home is heaven for beginners," he wrote. The phrase makes an apt epigram for the photographs of Terri Weifenbach, an artist...

SURVIVAL DRILL.(the endangered drill monkeys of Nigeria)
May 1, 2001... This little-known primate is one of the most endangered in all of Africa. But two biologists are working to change that, one drill at a time. Afi Mountain rises from the lowland rainforest like a vivid illustration from King Solomon's...

Limberlost and Found.(Limberlost State Historic Site, Indiana: wetlands restoration)
May 1, 2001... A hundred years ago, Gene Stratton-Porter wrote about a vast wetland that was disappearing before her eyes. Now her admirers are bringing it back. With a startled scrawk and a fluster of wings, a great blue heron lurches into the air and...

The Great Texas Birding Experience.(the popularity of bird watching in Texas)(includes information on various bird-watching programs and events)
May 1, 2001... Everyone knows Texas is big. Very, very big. And many know of its remarkably diverse terrain -- from the dense Pitney Woods in the east to the spectacular Rio Grande in Big Bend Country out west, and from the dry Panhandle Plains in the north...

Outback in Texas With Subaru.(bird watching events in Texas)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Tooling down the highway across Texas provides some of the greatest birding opportunities anywhere. Birding festivals and events abound year round making the state of Texas well worth a road trip no matter what the season. Whether you are...

Dawn of a New Lawn.(use of native plants and biodiversity)
May 1, 2001... There are plenty of things to do with your yard. And mowing the grass doesn't have to be one of them. WHAT IF YOUR CARE NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE EVERY MONTH, a tune-up every 500 miles, and the front end realigned every two weeks? You'd call it...

ASK AUDUBON.(bald eagle behavior)(this and other items are discussed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... The following questions are culled from dozens sent in by seniors in the ecology and field biology class at Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis, Missouri, at the behest of their teacher, Tim Pendleton. He uses Audubon as an...

Monumental Conservationist.(Hanford Reach National Monument, established on the Columbia River)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... IF YOU'RE A DEADBEAT, HE'LL TRACK YOU DOWN. IF THERE'S A WAR AND YOU'RE NOT on his side, you better look out. If you want to save a river from developers, he's your man. Whatever hat he's wearing--IRS agent, lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army...

STATE OF THE STATES.(Audubon Society events in Maine, Colorado, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... COLORADO The Audubon Society of Greater Denver is offering educational programs to assist third to fifth graders meet stare content standards. Classes such as "Bird Beaks and Breakfast" use hands-on techniques to explore topics such as...

Tap Tree, Add Snow, and Pass the Pickle.(Sugar on Snow Festival in Vermont helps support Audubon activities in the area)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... MARY FELL, 81, A VETERAN MAPLE SYRUP boiler, is standing guard over three pots of bubbling syrup. A heavy maple perfume fills the wintry air. "The trick is to keep your eye on the syrup every single minute, or it will boil over," she says....

NATIONAL PROGRAMS.(wide range of services and programs offered by the National Audubon Society)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... DEVELOPMENT It's not just big companies that are major financial contributors to Audubon. Just as important are Audubon Gift Annuity Donors, like Elisabeth and Edgar Lehman, of Newtown, Pennsylvania. Their decision to make a gift to...

Audubon DIRECTORY.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 1, 2001... YOUR QUICK GUIDE TO THE RESOURCES OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 (212) 979-3000 www.audubon.org (including Audubon magazine and the education, licensing, science, and travel departments)...

The Return of the Wolf: Reflections on the Future of Wolves in the Northeast.(Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... The Return of the Wolf: Reflections on the Future of Wolves in the Northeast Edited by John Elder. Middlebury College Press/University Press of New England, 175 pages, $24.95. ALTHOUGH WOLF RESTORATION IS usually associated with the...

Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder.(Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder By David Gessner. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 288 pages, $23.95. WRITING IN THE TRADITION OF New England naturalist John Hay, David Gessner offers a satisfying, vivid account of the...

Extraordinary Chickens.(Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... If you think you know how hens and roosters look, take a gander at Stephen Green-Armytage's Extraordinary Chickens (Harry N. Abrams, $24.95), an eye-opening survey of some of the world's fanciest, most photogenic fowl--from bizarrely combed...

State of the World 2001.(Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... State of the World 2001 Edited by Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, and Hilary French. W. W. Norton & Company, 275 pages, $15.95. SINCE 1984 THE MOST IMPORTANT book of each year has been the same book: The Worldwatch Institute's State...

National Attractions of Latin America & the Caribbean.
May 1, 2001... Latin America and the Caribbean, the names alone conjure images of spectacular beaches, lush rainforests, ruins of ancient civilizations, and stunningly plumed birdlife. To visit this part of the world is to experience tropical nature in all...

Celebrate Ecuador with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... With more than some 1,600 documented species, Ecuador boasts more than twice the species of birds in all of North America, even though it is only about the size of Colorado. Cataloging these species was the monumental accomplishment of Robert...

One picture.(Mantid)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Photographer: Carl D. Walsh Where: Isalo National Park, Madagascar Camera: Nikon FM2 Lens: Nikon 80-200mm f4 zoom Film: Fujichrome 100D Exposure: f8 at 1/150th of a second THAT A FEMALE MANTID OFTEN DEVOURS HER MATE...