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<br />Sonae, suek as the evenfng
<br />��nsbea�, used to be so pteniifi3l
<br />ti�al people wna3d campiain
<br />abaut how tliey cr'vwdeci b3rd
<br />feeders and finished vif 50�
<br />pound saeks of su�4ower seeds
<br />i�t just a coupSe days. But Che
<br />colorPu] ar�d �regasiaus gros�
<br />l�esak's nwnbers have pfummeC•
<br />ed �8 percent.
<br />"It was an ama�ing p)senv�r
<br />ena ati through the '70s that's
<br />just disappeared. �t's just � real-
<br />1y dramatie thing because it was
<br />in people's back yards az�d
<br />(naw) ii's nat in pepple's baek
<br />yards," sa§d sl.udy auihos� Greg
<br />Buteher, Aaduboa's i�ird conser-
<br />vaLion director.
<br />Audu6on Board el�airnxan
<br />Caroi Brawner, forraer U-S.
<br />�nviaronmentai Protectio�
<br />Aganey administrator, called
<br />I t�e dectines "a warning signa[."
<br />"We are aancerned. Is ft un
<br />�mergencyT �'o, but concerns
<br />can t�uScicly hecome an emer-
<br />geney." Browner said.
<br />�AiC1�l�YP.d W��:�.7 i.�67, �lECE
<br />are 932 mi]Iiah fewer birds of
<br />these species, inciud€ng the
<br />narCheircx pints�, greater scauP�
<br />barea! chickadee, coinman tern,
<br />ioggerhead shr3lce, field spar-
<br />row, p'asshopper sparrow snow
<br />b�nting, €31ack-t3ta'oated spar-
<br />row, lark sparrov��, commo�!
<br />�ckle, Americah bittern,
<br />horned lark, li€�la• bij�e hsro�
<br />and ruffed �rausa.
<br />'1'�e northern �obv�is�te baci
<br />the biggesC drop among com-
<br />mon b'srds. ]n I967, there ware
<br />31 milli0n of ttte plump gTDUnd-
<br />lovtng b[rd. tiow tlaey number
<br />C3oser �o b.b miItian.
<br />But while E3zese comman
<br />hi�•ds ars in declins, af.�ers ace
<br />Galcing their pi�ce or even
<br />etbowing them aside. The vrild
<br />tuc�;ey �opixiatton, once in Heep
<br />. t�'p€Fb�E, 1S gCQVVT3l$ At � T7CC 0�
<br />19 gereeni a year. 'T'he doaEble-
<br />c��ested corauora�f, pushed
<br />�near�y to extinetion by ��T, 1s
<br />grmving at a rate o[ 8�ere�oC a
<br />year and populaE€ons of Canada
<br />geese increase by 7 pereent
<br />yea�ty.
<br />E N3Aily bu'ds that are disap-
<br />pearin� are speGialiSis, ivhlls
<br />t€�e thrivin� ones are generat•
<br />ists thaG cto we€1 in urban sPrawi
<br />�i]GI �I� K�73C�5 O� E13V1X£31iXTl0AhS,
<br />$utcher said.
<br />"T7ie robins, the Caroilna
<br />wrans, Yi�e biue jays, the craws,
<br />tl�ose iriaacis nf hirds, are cinSng
<br />just Gne, thahk you;'. �utcher
<br />saisl. "They really get alon� t�a
<br />sui�urba�i i�sbitats, most of them
<br />ev�n �Plc� etiy parks, so Ihey are
<br />noi as susce�t9hle En �]ae hts:�yan
<br />changes 3n t3�e e�vironmant„
<br />Dsnnis Lien can Ue reached na
<br />ddie�(�qpianeer7s;ess.sorrt ar
<br />85J-228-5588.
<br />Tl�e Associated Press cnn�ributed
<br />to Chi� t�uqrf,
<br />�atiir�g fil�e8c5
<br />Tweniy c4mmon American
<br />bird species - n�snbering mnre
<br />than €�a[f a m411ian
<br />birds � have se2n
<br />their populations
<br />drap hy at �east �.,�`s'
<br />haif in the G_ '
<br />past 4fl years.
<br />>+
<br />Evening
<br />grosheak ,- ,� r
<br />PopuFateon change 9B57-Z607
<br />Not'[hern bobwhite
<br />��,��i'��:���'�'� -62°/u
<br />EveMng grosbeak
<br />;•,^"�����?��1� -7& %
<br />�i��-a°...s'..^��`�"�. .�, ,��'* , -il °la
<br />�ireater scaup
<br />��•'",>�,w"��y.'�r. ' a• s�� �.�c'�-75°1u
<br />Boresi chickadee
<br />�:���r4�4k?'73�
<br />[astern rrteadow3ark
<br />"M1"„"�',e,,..��. ��r��t^�8`?�"72"�°
<br />Comman tern
<br />loggerhead shr':ke
<br />��,,��,�:�t�'r2 -70%
<br />Fie1d sp�rrnw
<br />:r.���i6�- ,k'�*�'". -68°/u
<br />Grasslfapper sparrow
<br />���'��1-as %
<br />SourcC: Naile�a� Audubon Society
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