FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] NY TIMES story on outcome of cat trial & feral cats VS Birds. Feeder notes, too

[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

There is an VERY long and excellent article on the story of Jim Stevenson  
who was on trial for killing a feral cat that was a threat to piping  plovers 
nesting in Galveston and the problem of feral cats and  birds in general in The 
New York Times Magazine. (BY Bruce Barcott).  
 
When I was studying for my MSLS at Florida State University,I used to go  
birding with Jim (who was 13 at the time) and his father, the late Dr. Henry  
Stevenson, who taught ornithology at FSU and is co-author of the book BIRD LIFE 
 
IN FLORIDA.  My winter birding trip to Florida in January of 2006 was led  by 
Jim and co-led by Bruce Anderson.  Bruce is the other  author of the team 
Stevenson & Anderson who wrote the aforementioned  book.  Long though the 
article 
is, it is worth the read.. I have  placed this note for information for those 
who want to read the article and  NOT to encourage a lot of discussion on the  
matter.    
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(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/magazine/02cats-v--birds-t.html?pagewanted=) 
 
My deck is FULL of hungry birds storing up food before the bad weather  
REALLY hits.  I have an odd junco which is very charcoal-gray instead of  
slate-colored.,  It's white underparts do not begin until way back near its  
legs.  
It's the "blackest" junco I've ever seen.  It's companions are  quite normal, 
and 
I think the weather sent a few more in today.  Earlier, I  had about 200 
birds of varied species on my deck, and they just keep coming.ro  Dee's 
Smorgabird.   
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN




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