Word: flyways
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Peace doves and the accolades they generate are right down the presidential flyway these days, but whooping cranes are birds of a different feather. Else why did Jimmy Carter look so dubious last week when presented with a miniature replica of that endangered species by the National Wildlife Federation as "Conservationist of the Year"? Whatever he felt about the whooper, Carter appreciated the award, which recognized his support for environmental protection and recreation. The President boasted of his prowess as "hunter, fisherman, canoeist, hiker, camper and lately cross-country skier...
Such killings could have far more than merely local effect. Wyoming is on a major north-south flyway for eagles, and any slaughtering there affects the numbers of the great birds in other states. Moreover, Wyoming, says State Representative John Turner, an expert on bald eagles, "is the last place where golden and bald eagles are found in significant numbers as resident birds. Colorado has already lost its resident bald eagles." Besides the aerial sluicing, at least a hundred eagles have died in Wyoming in recent years by electrocution on power lines. Another score was killed last May when Rancher...
...hunters stumbles. "Watch yer don't jam yer moozle in the mood," warns Thorpe. In the lifting darkness, the hunters flush a pair of teal. Thorpe takes no notice. His quarry is not duck but the prized pink-footed goose. Positioning the hunters along a flyway, Thorpe raises his nose and sniffs the wind. His squinty blue eyes search the horizon. Then, lifting his face to the gray sky, he emits a series of harsh, high-pitched cries...