LOS ANGELES AUDUBON SOCIETY

VOLUME 37 1970-71 NUMBER 2 OCTOBER

GRANDFATHER - Otto Widman ngss a poutl) in Karlsruhe,

Germany, OttoWidmann (born

June 15, 1841) was acquainted with the localbirds; his autobiography has Schwanzmeise(Long-tailed Tit), Baum Pieper (Tree Pipits),Schwalben (Purple Martins), Ammern (Bun-tings), Finken (Finches), Spechte (Woodpeckers)scattered throughout the first pages. In search-ing for eggs with his brother, Rudolf, he cameunexpectedly upon the nest of the Tree Pipit."It was a treasure, for it was the first everfound (by them), " he writes. In the same for-est, the Hardtwald, he found Cuckoo's eggs inother bird's nest, especially the wren, "aglobular affair built—a few feet from the ground—a small ovenlike nest. " When his Father sawhow interested the boys were in egg collectingand birds, he bought them a bird book, Die

Natupgeachiahte der Voegels D&utaohland by C.G. Friedrich, often called The Little Naumann,a book of nearly a thousand pages and over 200colored illustrations of birds. He also sub-scribed to the quarterly magazine Naumannia,then the organ of the leading ornithologists ofGermany. He obtained permission for the boysto visit the Hofbibliotheke, the private libraryof the Grandduke of Baden-Wurtenburg. Itschief attraction was the great work of Germany'seminent ornithologist, Prof. Dr. Joh. FriedrichNaumann, published between 1820 and 1844 in 12volumes with copper-engraved colored illustra-tions of all birds found in Germany. Otto waseven allowed to take volumes of this valuablework home with him. This privilege was grantedbecause his father was the Geheimer Finanzrath(Privy Councillor of Finance) for the Granddukeand they lived near the Schloss where the libraywas. Connected with the castle was the deerparkand the Pheasantry, but permission had to begranted for entry. But there was always theHardtwald (forest), with its managed planting oftrees on one side of Karlsruhe and the RhineRiver was to the west. In Mannheim, just 35miles down the river, where my Grandmotherwas born, there were the low-lying pine forestsin sandy wastelands. Now into and around theseforests the father, Christoph, would take theboys on Spatziergangs or Naturbummels (walking

tours) in summer where they would be swallowedin the forests for as much as three weeks at atime. On one trip they walked into Switzerland,where they took the train home from Basel, downthrough Freiburg.

Adjoining the Hofbiblioteke was theNaturalien Kabinet, a small but good NaturalMuseum, with all kinds of instructive objects,rich in minerals and fossils. The birdlife waswell represented, but the "stuffed" birds didnot appeal to my Grandfather as well as theliving ones. In their yard they had the BlackRedstarts, der Fliegenschnaepper (SpottedFlycatcher), and the Schwarzdrossel (Black-bird in England) visit them, while a Sing-drossel (Song Thrush) could be heard in thedistance. Once a flock of Kibitzen (Lapwings)circled and landed in their yard. This soimpressed him that he wrote a thesis for hisclasswork, entitled: "An den Iden des Maerzes"(on the Ides of March). It was read by theteacher to all the pupils of the school.

Otto Widmann attended the Lyceum atKarlsruhe where he graduated in April 1857.Here he received his foundation in Latin, whichhe used the rest of his life, not only in pharmacybut in ornithology. He writes he "had neithertime nor desire to cultivate birds, " but inreading between the lines there were theNaturbummels and the innate desire for theNatural Sciences. Chemistry and Botanyoccupied much of his time when he was anapprentice in Switzerland at Neuchatel andLes Brenish on the Jura. As a student in thePolytechnicum in Karlsruhe, where he was pre-paring for the state examination in Pharmacy,there was little time for extraneous work. Hepassed those examinations on July 22, 1864,then left immediately for London and Pariswhere he worked for one year. Here he re-ceived his education in English and furtherstudies in French. His "Europischereise, "wander years, were strange ones, because hewould pick out a city he would like to visit, gothere, get a job immediately, and after a fewmonths he was on the go again. He worked inSchwetzingen and Freiburg in Baden, in Neu-chatel, Switzerland, Paris and London, Karls-ruhe and Dresden. On the way to and from

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these jobs he visited Hamburg, Cologne,Brussels, Antwerp. At every city he neverfailed to see their museums of Natural History.Then from Dresden he went directly to Hamburgwhere he embarked for the United States. Hefound work in Hoboken, N. J. , in the summerof 1866.

His first American bird was an AmericanRedstart —"a small bird of rare beauty. Istood in wonderment at this strange apparition. "A school chum had come over unexpectedly fromNew York City and the two went for a walk alongthe Palisades toward Ft. Lee. Next Otto Wid-mann was in Savannah, Ga. , and here he re-members seeing his first Cardinal —"an eventever to be remembered. " On December 15,1866, he saw Tree Swallows in a crowdedstreet in New Orleans, La. He wrote of thisamazing sight to his father, because it wasChristmas Day. Then on his trip up the Missis-sippi to St. Louis he saw Purple Martins atVicksburg on March 23rd; but what impressedhim most were the thousands of ducks, geese,hawks, plovers, gulls, grebes, crows, andcurlews along the Mississippi. The bird lifemust have been fabulous, for he came backagain and again later in life to make surveys ofthe migrations on this mighty river.

Once in St. Louis work consumed his time.The establishment of the drugstore took 16hours of each day, 7 days a week, with onehalf-day off every other Sunday. The land-marks in birding came slowly at first, butthey were memorable, for he carried thesefirst sightings to his grave. Six years afterhis arrival in the United States he saw hisfirst Baltimore Oriole (1873). After 5 yearsof this unbelievable toil, Otto Widmann wentback to Germany (November 1871) and courtedhis bride. He married Auguste Bender inMarch 1872 and they honeymooned throughoutGermany until late 1872, but returned to theUnited States where the first of nine childrenwas born the following spring. Grandmotherwas his constant companion for the next 49years and went on many of his birding tripswith him. She became as adept as he withthe bird songs and often would identify thebird long before Grandfather could get hisglasses upon it. She was the one who atChristmas 1874 gave him Theodore Jasper'sBirds of North America later released in a boundversion called Ornithology or the Saienoe of Birdsfrom the text by Dr. Brehm (212 illustrations),Columbus, Ohio: Struder & Co. 1878. Forthe first time this popular work brought coloredpictures of all the birds of North America. Ittook 4 years for all the numbers to appear in 40parts. Each part contained 3 colored plates,one plain flat-tinted plate and 8 pages of text.This work went into five editions soon after itappeared as a book in 1878. Grandfather writes,"I may call the acquisition of this work thestarting point of my career as a bird studentand therefore as a bird lover. " He continues,"From now on I tried to get away from homeand business as often as I could for short walksof an hour or two. My favorite place was apiece of timber less than a mile away from

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home on the southside of Broadway nearCarondelet, belonging to Mr. Duneuil andcalled by me Eichelberger, not on account ofthe oaks on the place but because I saw thename Eichelberger on a street sign. I learnedhow many different kinds of birds can be metwith on a small piece of ground. "

He would walk out Gravois Road to theRiver Des Peres. There were no streetcarsat that time. "There was a piece of timber,by me called Giant Wood (Riesewald), becauseof its large number of giant trees. Here Ifound a real paradise. It was a long walk of8-10 miles, but I knew no fatigue, because Ihad the best times of my life in this giant wood.It was undefiled Nature, and what GrandNature! Enormous trees of different species:Elms, Linden, Birch, Ash, Walnut, Oak,Hickory, Hackberry, Sycamore, Cottonwood,Willow, Maples, Chestnut—and lesser treesas Redbud, Sassafras, and immense climbersand vines of many kinds, with a thicket ofshrubs and weeds to cover the ground. "Here by a marvelous stroke of luck he had

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Mr. and Mrs. Don Hardt reintroduced me tobirding by taking ms on a Field Trip to ImperialValley just about ten years ago. The 100 plusspecies we saw that weekend nearly overwhelms!ne. I say "reintroduced" because my Father spenthis entire adult life trying to interest me inbirds. He was a menber of the Audubon Societyfor 51 years. But, unfortunately none of i trubbed off onto me. In 1964 I wrote my firstarticle for "The Western Tanager" about thebirds in ray backyard. This lead to the "AudubonActivities" which I covered for about five years,then Field Trip Chairman and other jobs in theSociety. Now after a l l these years, thanks tothe Editor who asked for the biography of theOtto Widmann referred to in Bent and other publi-cations, I have rediscovered my grandfather byreading his publications.

BETTY JENNER continued

WHITE MOUNTAINS

At the east side of our campground wecould look out over endless mountain ranges,eastward into Nevada; and southeast, downinto Deep Springs Valley, where the lake, withplenty of water in it, beckoned us to come andexplore.

Our first day's ride was upward, however.The road ascends rapidly. There is a westward-looking promontory called Sierra View Lookout;you look directly across at the snowy Sierrapeaks, and down into Owens Valley—the mostspectacular view imaginable. At this stop wesaw a Red-tailed Hawk and a Golden Eagle.

Beyond this point, the road skirts themountainside and climbs to an area of limberpines, then to Schulman Grove itself. Fromhere on the area is highly restricted; there mustbe no camping, or collecting of wood or cones.Intensive and significant study is carried onconcerning the growth rings of these amazingtrees, so nothing must disturb this habitat. Ashort interpretive trail takes you past ancientgnarled bristlecones, including Pine Alpha, a4,300-year-old tree. And just as exciting—thereare seedlings, and graceful young 30-year-oldbristlecones to which you are tempted to say:"If my species will use its boasted intelligence,and not destroy you, then you, too, may live tobe 5,000, or perhaps 7, 000 years old. " Anothertrail takes you on a narrow, edge-of-the mountainpath to the Methuselah Grove area. This is aloop trail; at the east end of it are many typicalmountain-chaparral birds. Don't plan on lessthan three hours for the trail; better still, takewater and a lunch, and spend the day. You areat 9,000' - 10,000' altitude, so don't hurry. Bvietleeone Pine

Beyond the Schulman Grove, the road ispoorer, but well worth travelling at least partof the twelve miles that go to the PatriarchGrove. The scenery is more Alpine; MountainBluebirds, Clark's Nutcrackers, Robins, aresome of the birds; lupine and Indian paintbrushare some of the flowers found in August. Onone green Alpine slope we saw at least fourteenRavens in convention, and a little red fox circlingaround to investigate them. There are severalspectacular lookout points where the Sierra may;

be seen. For the last few miles before thePatriarch Grove is reached, the road becomespoor in places, narrow, with rocks and ruts,that is. However, many family cars weremaking it as well as our VW camper. It takessome patience and a willingness to give the otherfellow the courtesy of stopping at a wide place

The Grove itself is worth the effort. Thegray-white flat shale of the ground is a mosaiccarpeted with tiny ground-hugging alpine flowers.The pines themselves are each worth a portrait.You are indeed unimaginative if you don't feelhumble and small before these trees which areolder than any other living thing.

All of these places are accessible only afew weeks in summer and early fall. For pureenjoyment, go to Grand View Campground duringthe time of the full moon. Sit around a smallcampfire with bits of pinon and juniper burningbrightly; watch the brilliant moon rise from themountains to the east. . . . it's a truly relaxingexperience. The nights are chilly, but the daysmay be quite hot. What finer perfume than sun-warmed sage?

To reach Deep Springs Valley, we droveback downhill to #168 and turned east. The roadis spendid, and the clean air is exhilarating.Deep Springs Valley is a barren ^ S ^desert bowl surrounded bymountains. A* the. oasis isa tiny but excellent college.;The people there willgive permission toook for oirds in thegreat elms Unusualvagrants are fre-quently found atThe residentthe mostspecies to

oasis.wereigdrive

takes vou to Deep^/Springs Lake; many'water and shorebirdsuse it. especiallv in mi-

gration. Horned Lark.Say's Phoebe, Yellow -

headed and Red-wingedBlackbirds—these are a

few of our California birdsthat find Deep Springs

Valley a good place to live.

For remoteness and peacefulness,11 can highly recommend it — exceptfor such devastating floods asin the 1969 season. ^

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S T U D E N T M E M B E R S H I P S

The National Audubon Society has inauguratedi new category of membership, that of Student,it the reduced rate of $6. 00 per annum. The LosA.ngeles Chapter encourages this attempt to inter-est young people in the Audubon Society, and wel-comes them to its Field Trips, Evening Meetings,and Library. Student members will enjoy the dis-counts at the Bookstore at Headquarters, PlummerPark. Student members may subscribe to "TheWestern Tanager" at the regular price of $2. 50per annum (or $3. 00 mailed first class). Nofraction of the Student membership dues are sentto the local chapter to defray their expenses, asis the case with full membership.

WHEN DO YOU RECEIVE YOUR TANAGER?

The Headquarters staff, Membership Chair-man, and Editor of "The Western Tanager" havefor some time a publication time-table whichminimizes the cost, and should provide each sub-scriber with his issue by the first of the month.Delivery to the printer, printing time (five days),folding, addressing, and mailing are all sched-uled and completed a day or two before the endof the month (depending on the occurrence ofweekends and holidays). Copies delivered tothe U. S. Post Office are mailed fourth class,the minimum cost. Some subscribers get theircopies the following day, others following week.If you get late delivery, please inquire of yourown postman.

For one dollar extra a year a subscribermay receive his copy by first-class mail. —THEEDITOR

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society ispresenting for the sixth season the AudubonWildlife Films. The first program to beshown on Thursday, October 15th in Van Nuys.Please phone 766-8845 for tickets and anyadditional information.

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AudubonBird Reports—8741318

Sept. 26-27 SATURDAY - SUNDAY - FIELD TRIP - Ti juana River area (south of San Diego). Meetat 8:00 a.m., at Oscar's Restaurant on Palm Avenue in Imperial Beach. Go south fromSan Diego on U.S. 101 to the Imperial Beach turnoff, which is Palm Avenue, then pro-ceed 3/4 mile to Oscar's on the right. This area is famous for exotic migrants andvagrants. For information call Bob Blackstone, 277-0521.

Oct. 1 THURSDAY - EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, 8:00 p.m.

Oct. 3 SATURDAY - The Golden Gate Audubon Society is again sponsoring a boat trip for hardyseafarers to study migrating sea birds off Monterey. Three boats will leave Fisher-man's Wharf, Monterey, at 9:00 a.m. and return at 3:00 p.m. Fare - $7 per person.Make check payable to Golden Gate Audubon Society and mail with a STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED envelope (names and addresses of guests must be included) to Mrs. Val-eria G. DaCosta, 2090 Pacific Ave. , San Francisco, CA 94109. Details will be sentwith acknowledgment. Reservations close September 20 or earlier if boats are filled.Leaders to be announced. Valeria G. DaCosta, Boat Trips Chairman.

Oct. 10 SATURDAY - FIELD TRIP - Cabrillo Beach and vicinity. Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Ca-brillo Beach Museum, 3720 Stephen M. White Dr. , San Pedro. Go south on the HarborFreeway to San Pedro, then south on Pacific Avenue to 36th Street. Turn left on 36thand follow signs to museum. Leader: Shirley Wells, 831-4281.

Oct. 13 TUESDAY - EVENING MEETING, Hummer Park, 8:00 p.m. Frank Todd, Curator ofBirds at Los Angeles Zoo, will give us an interesting lecture on "The California BrownPelican - Vanishing American, " illustrated with color slides.

Oct. 25 SUNDAY - FIELD TRIP - Newport Back Bay. Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Golden West Pondsnear Huntington Beach. This is on Golden West Street at Talbert Avenue, 3 milessouth of the San Diego Freeway, or 3 miles north of Pacific Coast Highway. Excellentfor migrating and early wintering water birds. Leaders: Betty and Laura Jenner,748-7510.

Oct. 28 WEDNESDAY - CONSERVATION MEETING, Plummer Park, 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Kathy

Brooks, Chairman

Nov. 5 THURSDAY - EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, 8:00 p.m.

Nov. 10 TUESDAY - EVENING MEETING, Plummer Park, 8:00 p.m.

Nov. 14 SATURDAY - FIELD TRIP - Solano Beach, Oceanside, etc. Leader: Arnold Small.

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Mt. Pinos Field Trip - August 23

Thirty members and guests of our societyplus an equal number from such groups as theMonterey Peninsula and Santa Barbara AudubonSocieties and Angelus Nature Club were unitedat the summit of Mt. Pinos to observe Condors.By 10:00 a.m. two adults and one immature Cali-fornia Condor were seen near the north ridge ofthe mountain. At least four other sightings weremade later that day. Other species includedtwo Golden Eagles, good views of a nearbyCoop-er's Hawk, an abundance of Clark Ts Nutcrack-ers, a few White-throated Swifts high overheadand Rufous and Allen's Hummingbirds. Lowerdown the mountain were found Townsend's Soli-taires, Green-tailed Towhees and MountainQuail. Larry Sansone, Leader.

Evening Meeting, September 8

With the double handicap of having to takeover in the absence of our president and a last-minute cancellation of the scheduled program,our Vice President Les Wood did an admirablejob. The program began with a presentation byBetty and Laura Jenner of their slides of theWhite Mountains which nicely illustrated Betty'sarticle in the September Western Tanager. TheJenners next showed scenes of Mazatlan, SanBias and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where theydid extensive tropical birding this summer.Bob Sandmeyer followed with a brief summaryof his family's unique vacation in Alaska. Theyleft their car in Prince Rupert and took the ferryup the Inland Passage, staying at ports along theway "as the spirit moved them. " Without a carthey were free to stay or go on with the ship andrelax in the superb landscape that Bob recordedso beautifully on film. Les Wood rounded outthe evening with some delightful pictures of thebirds and mammals, as well as beautiful plants,of his and Ruth's favorite southern Californiadesert and seacoast areas.

Malibu Lagoon Field Trip - September 12

Sixteen observers showed up on a cold, over-cast morning which was not too productive ex-cept for two visitors from Florida Audubon whopicked up 12 life birds. The group was pleasedto observe a raft of 18-20 Brown Pelicans off-shore too distant to distinguish adults from im-matures. The afternoon was spent at TapiaPark where Western Tanagers, Grosbeaks andother chaparral birds and migrants brought thelist up to 53 for the day. Leader, Les Wood.

/ / /Pelagic Trip, San Diego - September 12

The California Field Ornithologists sponsoreda pelagic trip to the 60-mile ridge, 60 miles outof San Diego, return by Pyramid Cove, San Cle-mente Island. Overcast skies contributed to ex-cellent seeing, and although there was some chopon the way out, many Pink-footed and some SootyShearwaters were seen. Five Manx Shearwaterswere seen just outside Mission Bay. Both white-and dark-rumped Leach's Petrels were seen inlarge numbers, as well as Black Petrels. A fewLeast Petrels were seen bracketted by Black andLeach's, which was very instructive in judgingsize and observing difference in flight. The onlyalcid was one Xantus' Murrelet seen twice (50miles out). One Black-footed Albatross was al-so seen at 60 miles.

The great sighting was the Red-billedTropicbird - two were found by Joe Jehl, sitting

on the water, and both took off and circled aroundthe boat. All of us were very pleased with theskipper of the Seaforth who catered to the peculi-arities of birders, and turned the helm for maxi-mum viewing of all interesting species.- G. W. King

Pelagic Trip, Los Angeles - September 12

Twenty-nine birders were aboard the Van-tuna for the Los Angeles Audubon Society's tripon 12 September. The weather was cloudy mostof the day, but mild, and the seas were light.Fair numbers of Pink-footed Shearwaters, SootyShearwaters, Northern Phalaropes and Black Pet-rels were seen, and a few each of Manx Shear-waters, Red Phalaropes, Parasitic Jaegers andAshy Petrels, also one or two Least Petrels. ARed-billed Tropicbird flew right over the shipbut was in sight such a short time that many ofthe group did not get to see it. The sensation ofthe trip, however, was a small land bird! Thisbird overtook the ship in the Catalina Channel andlanded several times on the fantail; it was identi-fied as a Northern Waterthrush. This identifi-cation was confirmed when it was eventually cap-tured, to be brought ashore for banding. Blackstone

environment besiegedby Ka th ryn Brooks

The 10,600-acre Crane Prairie Osprey ManagementArea in the Deschutes National Forest of Central Oregonwas established cooperatively by the Forest Service, U.S.Department of Agriculture, and the Oregon State Game

^ agencies are attempting to protectthe o^F«MMta£te^bitat and studying the ecology of the

research grant.

L.A, AUDUBON FILES 6,000 SIGNATURES TO BAN DDT FIRST AMERICAN OSPREY SANCTUARY DEDICATED

The Los Angeles Audubon Society, thanks to helpfrom many organizations and concerned individuals, filed6,000 signatures to BAN DDT and other chlorinated hydro-carbons with the Secretary of Agriculture, Clifford M.Hardin, on September I, 1970.

On August 29, 1970, it was announced in the LosAngeles Times that "the Agriculture Department cancelledregistered use of DDT for many classes of livestock, lumber,buildings, forest trees and more than 50 fruit and vegetablecrops." However, cancellation without suspension meansvery l i tt le; the manufacturer need only to appeal the can-cellation, and can thus continue the use of DDT until thecourts resolve the problem perhaps years later. With thisnegligence of responsibility in the Department of Agricul-ture, not only in the cancellation rather than the suspen-sion of registration of DDT for these specified uses, butalso in its allowing other chlorinated hydrocarbons to beused, as well as allowing any use of DDT, then we musthope for corporate responsibility in eliminating productionand selling of these pesticides. In view of past perform-ance, there is not much hope in this respect. (Creditshould be given to Olin Manufacturing Corporation; theydiscontinued production of DDT on June 30, 1970.) Itappears that our only hope is in growing public pressurewith legal assistance.

The Environmental Defense Fund, National Audu-bon Society, and Friends of the Earth have done much towage the battle in the courtroom. Please help them bylending your support with financial assistance, letterwriting, circulating petitions, etc. We need you.

PROTECTING ENDANGERED SPECIES—Battle Continues

PUBLIC STATEMENTS NEEDED NOW TO SAVE UPPERNEWPORT BAY. Write to: The County Counsel,Countyof Orange, County Administration Building, P.O. Box379, Santa Ana, Ca 92702. Request the form and mapentitled "DECLARATION RE: USE OF UPPER NEWPORTBAY AND ACCESS."

GRIFFITH PARK MASTER PLAN STRESSES MAXIMUMDEVELOPMENT TO DETRIMENT OF PARK. For infor-mation concerning the protection of the Park's naturalbeauty, contact: Friends of Griffith Park, 1630 No.Edgemont St., Los Angeles, Ca 90027

Sierra Madre Ecology Committee Recycling Center,Alvemo Heights Academy, 200 N . Michillinba Ave. ,Sierra Madre, Ca (213, 356-1135, Fred Wesley) Movingto new location Sept. 4 and 5.

The New York State Supreme Court has ruled uncon-stitutional a new law, the Mason Act, that forbids the saleof certain animal skins in the state, primarily those of croc-odiles and spotted cats, on the grounds that the law pro-tects some species not truly endangered. The challengecame from a Syracuse, N.Y. shoe manufacturer. NationalAudubon plans to intervene in an appeal of the ruling.

Hurray for the fur workers' unions, however; theyannounced that their members would not cut or sew theskins of leopards, cheetas, jaguars or ocelots.

Organizations Collecting Tin Cans (all types acceptable)

Los Angeles By-Products, 1810 E. 25th St., L.A.(233-4175)

Organizations Collecting Aluminum (all-aluminum cans,TV Dinner Trays, pie pans, aluminum fo i l , pots & pans)

Camp Fire Girls (phone 382-8321), 304 S. KingsleyDr., L.A. and 11646 W. Pico Blvd., L.A. and 4632 W.Century Bl vd . , Inglewood and 6851 Lennox Ave . , VanNuys; Boy Scouts of America (call for nearest troop385-3461); Girl Scouts of America (388-9471); ReynoldsAluminum has set up the following depots, (for additionalinformation, phone 685-6216), Corsaro Distr. Co. , 2740California Ave. , Torrance, Ca (320-6413); Golden Distr.Corp., 742 So. Alemeda, L.A., (624-6564); H & L Distri-

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RECYCLING by Sandy 8 Marge Wohlgemuth

You start in your own home and at the grocery store,scheming how to switch from plastic and "t in" cans to glassand aluminum. You make it a point to buy soft drinks inreturnable bottles rather than throwaways (though this cutsdown on your take at the glass reclamation center, you'reshowing your dedication by saving our resources). Whenyour friends and neighbors ask you how come your garage isfilling up with junk-you tell them. Pretty soon little kidsare coming from all over with paper sacks and boxes full ofbeer cans and pickle jars. Then the trick is to get them to

A minor but important point arises. If you're reallycleaning up the environment, what about the "worthless"stuff? Why, just pick out the reclamable goodies and leavethe other eyesores? Because your energies go only so far.At Greenhorn and our canyon, we picked up everything,but that was a I abor of love and conscience. Now, if wecould get the Steel, paper, and plastics moguls to start re-cycling . . .

The bottle angle can be amusing and instructive. Youcan make an interesting study of the drinking habits of a

put the stuff in their garage On TRASH DAY , you rendez- neighborhood by comparing the proportion of wine bottlesvous and caravan to the reclamation center, have a picnicin the park afterwards with all your friendly neighbors, thenglom on to the loot for the Conservation Fund. Seriously,it's very gratifying to find people who ordinarily have littleinterest in conservation suddenly becoming involved. Theycollect stuff, they make excellent suggestions. They're en-thusiastic because this is something they can do themselvesthat actually makes a difference-with a minimum of effort.They may not know much about the Sierra Club or Audubon,but when the $4.11 we received for the 822 bottles goes to theCondor Fund or the Save Mineral King - that's impressive.

There are other sources of satisfaction here. One of ourfavorite canyons in the San Fernando Valley, a lovely spotwith splendid chaparral, excellent warblers in season, awinding stream and few people-a I as-was a cluttered mess.A couple of months ago we would go birding there everyday or so and then gather the trash before we left for home.After four or five visits we could walk a mile of it and say,"By George, that looks great-and we did it.1" We had agreat time in June on the Greenhorn Mt. field trip. Clear,cold air after hot, smoggy Los Angeles, good birds, nicepeople, fine camping. But the most memorable event wasthe fact that we collected 250 aluminum cans around thecamp and all the way down the mountain.1

to whiskey bottles. Or wondering what kind of people aredrinking expensive scotch and heaving the empties into avacant lot. On a good day, you could get drunk from thedregs in all the gin-vodka-bourbon bottles you find. Andthink of the hangover.1 A very down-to-earth view of theaffluence of our society is the great number of 3 and 5-centreturnable bottles that turn up everywhere. A bonanza thatswells the Conservation Fund and much more direct than thereclamation route.

So in 2 1/2 months we've generated over $20 in thisReclamation Enclave. As more people get the spirit, thestuff comes in at an increasing rate and we're beginning tohave fantasies about building our own backyard plant andmelting down the metal and glass ourselves. Best of a l l ,the streets and open areas are beginning to look better. Ourkids on their bicycles have to forage farther from home tofind the litter. And that's the whole idea. ^

Organizations Collecting Glass Jars & Bottles

Containers should be rinsed, free of metal, & colorssorted three ways, clear, green, and all others, and maybe broken.

Richfield Station at Bundy and San Vicente, 11999San Vicente, Brentwood, (472-9027) organized by Brent-At first this all seems slightly ridiculous and a dread-

ful chore. When you stop at a turn-out on the road and rum-Air Lions Club; Glass Container Manufacturers, Inc.mage through the rubble, there's a certain amount of self- have set up the following depots (for information callconsciousness and a reluctance to meet the eye of an onlook-623-5333)—Anchor Hocking Corp., 4855 E. 52nd St.,er. After a bit (like whipping out the binoculars in front of Maywood; Ball Corp., 4000 N. Arden Dr., El Monte;strangers) you find you don't care and ignore the occasional Brockway Co, Inc., 1331 Philadelphia St., Pamona; Glassstare. Then i t becomes a challenge (like birding) to tell Containers Corp., 2301 E. 37th St., Vernon; Kerr Glassthe good cans from the worthless in a split second or search- Inc., 1221 E. Saint Andrews PI . , Santa Ana; Latchfording the area around the paper six-pack carton for its erstwhil Glass Co., 7537 Mar Brisa Ave., Huntington Park; Owens-contents. Finally It becomes a crazy kind of game and even Illinois, Inc., 2910 E. 50th St., Vernon; Thatcher Glassfun. Mfg. Co., 25655 Springbrook Rd., Saugus; ^

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIRDS Continued from backpage

Migrant shorebirds were early and abundant,as expected, with a few first reports being: threePECTORAL SANDPIPERS above the bridge atMalibu on the 13th (Ernest Abeles), a SOLITARYSANDPIPER along the Los Angeles River nearEncino on the 20th (Jon Dunn), and a GOLDENPLOVER at Bolsa Chica on the 29th (Kay Yagii).Phalaropes were abundant throughout August withthousands of Northerns and hundreds of Wilson'spresent along the coast. Warren Blazer bringsus our only report of ROSEATE SPOONBILLS asfour large waders flushed ahead of him in theWister unit at the south end of the Salton Sea onAug. 30th. Two birds were pink and two werewhite. Naturally he followed the pink ones withhis binoculars but was unable to discern the spoon-shaped bill. Since no other pink birds, exceptfor one pinkish-orange flamingo, are likely atthe Sea, the probabilities are they were Spoonbills.

The pelagic trip from San Diego to the Sixtymile bank and San Clemente Island on Sept. 12thwas very low on quantity of birds but high onquality. Not more than a hundred Pink-footedShearwaters and ten Sootys, mostly singles, wereseen but the "specialties" (hoped for but not ex-pected were very cooperative). One boat hadseveral LEAST PETRELS, two adult RED-BILLEDTROPICBIRDS and all THREE SPECIES OFJAEGERS (including the rare Long-tailed), withPomarines most common. The second boat hadonly one TROPICBIRD, only POMARINE JAEGERSand only two alcids but those two were CRAVERI'S

MURRELETS (identified by the dusky wing liningsshown as they lifted their wings for take off andas they turned away from the boat). This rarelittle Mexican alcid was reported only once in thefifty years prior to 1966 but now apparently wan-ders north in very small numbers nearly everyfall. Late in the afternoon the second boat "hitthe jackpot" with a raft of about 600 petrels, slight-ly more than half of which were LEAST PETRELS.The balance were BLACK PETRELS a few ofwhich had been following the boat most of the day.In this milling mass of petrels one bird wassingled out - medium sized with a striking whiterump patch and a very unusual stiff-winged flight,(flutter and glide) low over the water. As yetit is unidentified but it is probably a new recordfor the west coast of the U.S.A. Anyone familiarwith the flight characteristics of tropical Pacificpetrels could be most helpful. Please call me*

* 797-2965.

Probably the most widely seen "rare bird" wasthe immature LITTLE BLUE HERON found a t

the upper end of Buena Vista Lagoon in Oceanside.This pure white heron was distinguished from thenumerous Snowy Egrets by its upright posture,greenish legs, gray lores and bill, and in flight,by the dark tips of the outer primaries.

Again this month we have a problem bird -a CARACARA found on the beach front at theVentura Marina by Ernest Abeles on the 25th. Isit a wild bird or an escapee ? The Caracara atOceano a few years ago was seen by many Califor-nians as it fed on the Coots in a nearby park. Itproved to be the pet of a local resident who re-leased it each morning to forage for itself. Coin-cidentally the Monterey bird in 1916, the Oceanobird and this one were all found along the coast,which is not their preferred habitat. Does thisindicate that they were taken there, or that theyflew as far west as they could and stopped there?

Early October should provide the best birdingof the year, particularly for small passerines.Every unidentified bird should be studied and if itis unusual verified by another birder. We oftenreceive reports of very rare birds, often one dif-ficult to identify which cannot be credited unlessverified by a photograph or, at the very least, bygood descriptions from two qualified observers.About fifteen species of flycatchers, thirty speciesof warblers and forty-five species of seed-eaters,from grosbeaks to longspurs, will be seen in ourarea this month. No one can see them all, butyou won't see any of them unless you're out

OTTO livIDMANN Continued from page two.

found an American primeval forest, untouched:what a contrast to the cultured and tamedforests he had left behind in Germany, wh^reall underbrush had long since disappeared.One morning on the 5th of May, without movingfrom a single spot, he counted 80 species ofbirds. "At that time I used to carry a camp-stool, a drudgery in appearance, but a blessingwhen tired. (A campstool is a keeper ofpatience). " But he had difficulty in identifyingbirds in the field, so at the next Christmas(1875) a cane-gun appeared, which allowed theinsertion of a small shell containing a numberof fine shot. He also had a Lefauchens, adouble-barreled shotgun, he had bought on hishoneymoon, but "I hated to be seen with suchan instrument of murder and it was too heavyto carry it on my long walks. Ten times morevaluable to me than any gun was my field glass(A LeMaitre he got in Paris) and I never wentout without it. Even to one who possesses thebest eyesight a field glass is a revelation; itbrings out the real beauty of an object, thesame as a magnifying glass or microscopedoes in its way. ' ^ ^ oontinued in another issue

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BirdsOctober more than any

other time"! is the turning point of the bird's year.Migration is at its peak now and this tends to ob-scure the fact that our summer residents, theswallows, orioles, and grosbeaks among others,are going or mostly gone already. Since presenceis more noticeable than absence, we will certain-ly notice the arrival of our winter visitors - thefirst White-crowned Sparrows, Audubon's Warb-lers and possibly Cedar Waxwings are here al-ready with their numbers increasing almost daily.Yes, birds are on the move and for most birdersthis is the most exciting time of the year to beafield.

A word of caution should be interjected here-many of the small birds, in the fall are in dullinmature or winter plumage, which can be quitedifferent from the colorful breeding plumage ofadults in spring. If you find a difficult bird toidentify, or a rare bird, write a description be-fore you look at a field guide. For uniformity,start your description with the head and upper-parts, then the underparts from front to back,and lastly notes on the softparts - bill, eyes, andlegs. If you do not do this in the field, you mayfind your description influenced by what you haveread instead of what you actually saw.

The first migrants seemed unusually early inthe lowlands and deserts this year. Hummers,kingbirds, swallows and the first Western Tan-agers were seen in mid-July. By early AugustJon Dunn was censusing the Sepulveda RecreationArea and finding increasing numbers of Ash-throated Flycatchers (30+), Orange-crowned,Yellow, and Nashville Warblers, and LazuliBuntings (30+) before mid-month. With theseLazulis was a "moulting male" INDIGO BUNTING,mostly dark blue but mottled with brown and ofcourse, without wingbars. By month's end allthe western warblers except Hermit's, which areuncommon in fall, had been seen in the lowlands.

With the western warblers a large variety of"eastern" strays were present. REDSTARTSwere widely seen and nearly all were in immatureor female plumage - one at Pt. Fermin Park onAug. 24th (Shirley Wells), one at Hollywood Reser-voir on Sept. 2nd (Kim Garrett), and four atDeep

Springs . Guy McCaskie found two PRAIRIEWARBLERS at the Otay Mesa Reservoir belowSan Diego in mid-August, which is extremelyearly for this rare vagrant. Tuna Canyon, inMalibu, provided another rarity when BruceBroadbooks found a female BLACK-THROATEDBLUE WARBLER there on the very early date ofAug. 29th. By early September stray warblerswere turning up in unusual numbers. A PROTHO-NOTARY WARBLER at Deep Springs on the fifth(Kim Garrett, Jon Dunn and Mike San Miguel) wasa very rare bird. A VIRGINIA'S WARBLER nearJon Dunn's Encino home on the seventh was thefirst one reported. The always productive areabelow San Diego had a BLACK - & - WHITE WARB-LER, two TENNESSEE WARBLERS, and a RED-EYED VIREO (Guy McCaskie et al), on or beforeSept. 10th.

The Salton Sea again provided top birding fora few heat-resistant enthusiasts. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was reported by LoisBaylen with a flock of "peeps" at Red Hill on the16th. Lois is familiar with this bird from yearsof Gulf coast birding. She picked it out in thefeeding flock by it's size, plumage, and feedingactivity, and confirmed it by the white rump whenit flushed. The first California record was atnorth end of the Sea in June of 1969. One or moreBLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES were seen at the northend of the Sea about the 15th, and a BROWNBOOBY was roosting in a tree at the south end onthe 22nd. Unfortunately, none of these birdscould be found a few days later. The WOODIBIS, LAUGHING GULLS and GULL-BILLEDTERNS

had to serve as consolation for birdersdisappointed by the rarer birds. A singleFRANKLIN'S GULL was found by Guy McCaskieon the 22nd and others are possible in the fall,both at the Sea and along the coast.

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