St. éeter’s Bay, 1991

Species Dégg

J20 A10 A17 A22 S4 S7 530 012 019 026 N2 N10 N15 Semipalmated Plover — - - 105 78 8 l — — - — v _ - Golden Plover — - — - V2 2 79 - - _ - - _ Black-bellied Plover - 4O 3O 19 20 16 - 62 55 102 11 4 - Ruddy Turnstone‘ — — -3 1 -y 2 i _ ' _ _ _ _ - Whimbrel- p ' - ‘ '- 1 — _ J _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ Greater Yellowlegs . 9 ,1 1 4 4 - — - — _ _ _ Lesser Yellowlegs , - 1 — — — - - _V _ - - _ _ Red Knot ' 'e - 2 — - - - — — _ _ - _ Pectoral Sandpiper ‘— -. 1 — _ 5 1 -_ - - _ _ _ White—rumped Sandpiper — - — ~ - 3 — 24 43 5 _ - - Least Sandpiper 1. — 6 9 5 8 1 - _ - __ _ _ Dunlin . . — — « -' -‘ - - 84 96 104 93 36 45 L Dowitcher . 10 25 '15 5 5 6 - - —' — - _ _ Semipalmated Sandpiper 9 120 3 34 208 8 6 - - - - — - Hudsonian Godwit — 6 - 5 — - — - — _v _ - - Sanderling ’ V - ~ - a — - 7 3 7 1 4 7 1 _ _

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BIRDS IN JEOPARDY by Paul Ehrlich and barryl Wheye 7 - Stanford University.

Birds in Jeopardy provides an overview of the extent of declines as well. as the Current conditions (so far as they are understood) of each bird that is either federally protected or recognized by the National Audubon Society to be undergoing non-cyclic declines. . - '

Roger Tory Peterson stated that "This important book should be read by every nature-oriented citizen. The texts are crammed with information, and the birds come alive in Darryl Wheye's portraits. The ingeniously organized book is not just another essay on the plight of the environment. To document the declining numbers and their causes, the authors have sifted through innumerable and often conflicting reports of biologiSts, federal agencies, and vested .._ interests. Although only a handful of North American birds have become extinct within our time, well over 150 others are in trouble, either endangered or vulnerable.. In most cases the root cauSes are there for us to see, and wherever birds are in trouble, so is the land on which they and innumerable other living things depend. This evocative presentation'alerts us to events we must deal with." ‘ . ' a I ' I

This book by Paul Ehrlick, David Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye is 227 pages with 191 colour halftones and 1 map. It is available in paperback (ISBN '0-8047-1981-0) or cloth (ISBN 0-8047-1967-5). This publication should be available through better bookstores or the Canadian Nature Federation Bookstore. They can also be ordered directly with a charge card from Stanford University Press at 415—723-1593 or Fax at 415-72S—3457. The prices are

$17.95 U.S or $45 U.S. respectively + $2 for shipping and handling.

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