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[James Brooks <comeback@xxxxxxxx>]

Another birding column made its debut today on the Sunday Outdoor page 
of The Johnson City Press. I first volunteered to write the column 15 
years ago when it was becoming obvious that Kathryn Jones' obligations 
to her ailing husband coupled with her failing vision made it clear that 
she would not be able to continue writing her column.  
Finally, with new ownership, the opportunity came, and this time the 
invitation came from the publishers.
James Brooks on Birds will continue to answer questions and make 
suggestions for the backyard birder, and will do so in a light-hearted 
manner. On the other hand, it will be from the perspective of an 
international birder with an interest in taxonomy, so when I talk about 
a local or regional bird, I will usually place it into its context of 
similar relatives I've seen in other countries.
There will also be some standard sub-headings, such as Far afield: This 
week that makes mention of the Connecticut Warblers seen at Radnor Lake, 
but it could also take on a wider context.
Actually local birding columns are getting to be the norm nowadays. We 
have them in the Jonesborough Herald-Tribune, the the Knoxville 
News-Sentinel and I'm sure other Tenn-bird readers know of other examples.
The resumption of a column in the Press is part of a stated objective of 
the new ownership to expand our Outdoors page to take on more 
conservation, ecological and non-consumptive outdoor recreation topics.
No longer does an animal have to be killed to make the Outdoors page. 
The winds of change are blowing.
James Brooks
Jonesborough, TN


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