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A copy of 'Living in the Wind' was given to me as a gift, so if you want me to look anything up, I can do so.
Lucas Berrigan
Eastern shore, HRM,
Nova Scotia.
My site:
http://www.geocities.com/interpolerater/
----- Original Message ----
From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:15:52 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sunflower seeds
I've
just
finished
reading
Silence
of
the
Songbirds,
by
Bridget
Stutchbury
(Walker
Pub.
Co,
N.Y.
'07),
which
includes
mention
of
the
Swainson's
Hawk
disaster
in
Argentina.
It
was
the
pesticide
monocrotophos,
which
farmers
were
using
as
an
aerial
spray
from
airplanes
to
kill
locusts
in
their
sunflower
fields,
which
caused
the
hawks
to
drop
from
the
skies
by
the
thousands.
This
was
documented
by
ornithologists
in
1994
and
'95,
I
believe.
The
book
you
refer
to,
Andy,
is
Saul
Weidensaul,
Living
on
the
Wind:
Across
the
hemisphere
with
migratory
birds
(North
Point
Press,
N.
Y.,
1999).
This
pesticide
has
since
been
banned
by
the
Argentine
government,
but,
according
to
Stutchbury,
is
still
in
wide
use
in
other
S.
American
countries.
She
suggests
it's
effects
are
probably
equally
disastrous
on
other
birds
such
as
Dickcissels.
Bear
in
mind
that
the
sunflower
fields
had
just
been
sprayed
the
day
before
the
dead
hawks
were
found,
and
the
birds
had
eaten
the
dying
locusts.
This
really
doesn't
say
anything
about
the
long-term
effects
of
the
pesticide
on
the
sunflower
seed
which
we
feed
our
wild
birds.
(Don't
get
me
wrong
-
I
don't
like
pesticides!)
Lois
Codling
Andy
Dean
wrote:
>
I
received
a
phone
call
this
evening
but
unfortunately
failed
to
get
>
the
name
of
the
caller.
>
He
has
no
access
to
send
messages
to
NatureNS
so
asked
me
to
pass
a
>
message
to
the
group,
and
Elinor
Lindsay
in
particular,
regarding
>
sunflower
seeds.
>
He
quoted
a
book
by
Scott
Weidensaul
titled
'Living
On
The
Wind'
>
...specifically
chapter
8....which
apparently
relates
an
experience
,
>
I
believe
it
was
in
Argentina
.
where
Swainsons
Hawks
died
in
large
>
numbers
when
they
ate
grasshoppers
contaminated
with
either
pesticide
>
or
herbicide
.[
sorry
to
be
so
vague
but
it
was
a
brief
call
]
>
He
suggested
that
sunflower
seed
has
evolved
from
simply
being
>
produced
to
help
birds
survive
the
winters
into
a
major
business
crop,
>
and
this
has
resulted
in
lower
safety
standards,
at
least
in
some
of
>
the
countries
producing
huge
commercial
crops,
and
he
strongly
urged
>
that
we
read
the
item.
>
I
checked
the
Valley
Regional
Library
catalogue
but
drew
a
blank
on
>
that
title.
>
Andy
>
>
Andy
&
Lelia
Dean
>
86
Baden
Powell
Drive
>
Kentville,
NS.
Canada.
B4N
5P5
>
Tel:
[902]
678-6243
>
>
aadean@ns.sympatico.ca
<mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>
>
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">A copy of 'Living in the Wind' was given to me as a gift, so if you want me to look anything up, I can do so.<br><div> </div>Lucas Berrigan<br>Eastern shore, HRM, <br>Nova Scotia.<div> </div><div>My site:<br><span>http://www.geocities.com/interpolerater/</span><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca><br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:15:52 PM<br>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sunflower seeds<br><br>I've
just
finished
reading
Silence
of
the
Songbirds,
by
Bridget <br>Stutchbury
(Walker
Pub.
Co,
N.Y.
'07),
which
includes
mention
of
the <br>Swainson's
Hawk
disaster
in
Argentina.
It
was
the
pesticide <br>monocrotophos,
which
farmers
were
using
as
an
aerial
spray
from <br>airplanes
to
kill
locusts
in
their
sunflower
fields,
which
caused
the <br>hawks
to
drop
from
the
skies
by
the
thousands.
This
was
documented
by <br>ornithologists
in
1994
and
'95,
I
believe.
The
book
you
refer
to,
Andy, <br>is
Saul
Weidensaul,
Living
on
the
Wind:
Across
the
hemisphere
with <br>migratory
birds
(North
Point
Press,
N.
Y.,
1999).
This
pesticide
has <br>since
been
banned
by
the
Argentine
government,
but,
according
to <br>Stutchbury,
is
still
in
wide
use
in
other
S.
American
countries.
She <br>suggests
it's
effects
are
probably
equally
disastrous
on
other
birds <br>such
as
Dickcissels.
Bear
in
mind
that
the
sunflower
fields
had
just <br>been
sprayed
the
day
before
the
dead
hawks
were
found,
and
the
birds
had <br>eaten
the
dying
locusts.
This
really
doesn't
say
anything
about
the <br>long-term
effects
of
the
pesticide
on
the
sunflower
seed
which
we
feed <br>our
wild
birds.
(Don't
get
me
wrong
-
I
don't
like
pesticides!)<br><br>Lois
Codling<br><br>Andy
Dean
wrote:<br>>
I
received
a
phone
call
this
evening
but
unfortunately
failed
to
get <br>>
the
name
of
the
caller.<br>>
He
has
no
access
to
send
messages
to
NatureNS
so
asked
me
to
pass
a <br>>
message
to
the
group,
and
Elinor
Lindsay
in
particular,
regarding <br>>
sunflower
seeds.<br>>
He
quoted
a
book
by
Scott
Weidensaul
titled
'Living
On
The
Wind' <br>>
...specifically
chapter
8....which
apparently
relates
an
experience
, <br>>
I
believe
it
was
in
Argentina
.
where
Swainsons
Hawks