Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-21
SHORE BIRDS ARE
BEING KILLED
ENTIRELY OFF
Government Finds Itself
Driven to Stringent Meas.
ures to Save Feathered In.
habitants of Eastern Coast.

bird visitors are uHU". 'n LNnrllS
of tho dcparimenI o, .sIiDWnre de-
clare thnt ihroug Uni 'n' eastern
/ nited States shore HIis ar" insi
,nishing. ana tina only u qncs.
+ Ion of q shou tin. H.'.r ih"N VIII
/ isappcar culirclv
Formerly numcro1 clcs swarm
/ 90 along the ktlu.. coast aud ~
/ .lir plains region H' ihc amateur
+ spousnan have su Iorhrd into The
I giuns whore The r..I. .Ud ana nest
! that determination .',W- inevitable.
! The term shore Ulu applied 80
% stuup OF long.lca od louder billed,
/ aud usual, plainlt colo'cd birds
/ More than sixty species of thcm oc'
! chr ~ North America III" black
. holliod pioVpr or H,e,lrn'dd, much
sought after hy tlo hunter occurred
along the atlantic rHhoard in great
numbers years ago If now II IS only
seen as sttngglcr THE golden ploy.
or. once exceeding. abundant east OF
The great plains, Is nnw very rare.
Vast hordos of long Hllod dowiichcrs
fol Horly wint.,c5 BOB tha bays and
csuaries along Tho corsl OF Louisiana.
now they occur oul in inirequent
Hooks of hall dozen oi less The
has been cNtermina ,d and the other
cmlows greatly reduced in number
After yenrs ~ hunting hv sports.
men the habits of tUo birds are quit,
generally known "a all who carry a
lille or shoigun on DAYS outing So
adverse tc shore birds are The present
conditions that the wonder Is that any
OF them escape lu both ia,l and
sIIipg the birds ave shot along tn
whole route OF tho.t mi ,raiion north
aud south rhoi habit of dccuNln-
adm and pcrsis'cDuy coming back
tO tho dccoys AGAIN and ag1in In great
tocks in spite of th. murdcrous vol
lcys sent into THEN midst by hordes
of hunters lessons 'helt chance at cs.
cape II BIAS been estimated by some
~ The experts OF tho department that
whole Hooks are wiped ont on these
migration before ToacnIu. then north
eiuWost fccdins grounds in IA"
sping Then. too the breeding
: | etodnds of soae of he species IN The
United states and canada have be.
/ come 80. ally resiriCtod hN ih" oNt"n.
sion on agrirdliure ald thcir winter
Iau.p1 in South America have nc'
come restricted in ,hc same way
Unfortunately. Also the shore birds
Ian Tower eggs than any nj the spoci 9
scn,1Aii, termed Gam birds Then
deposit only three on luuI eggs and
hatch ury one hro1d yearly Their
!, eyes and their yonng are constantly
" prcy.d upon during The breeding sea
| son by crows. gnilS aud ihoeors, ant
she Tar northern country to which ~
u many ut thrm resort 20 n'st Do sub
feet tu Suddpu cold storms which XII
many oi The yuuag. In he more tom
pctalc climate cd the t'uiiud state
the enal birds lo not bting mp nut,
BE- tnuu on young bird iOr every i've
Il eggs laid Sometimes the proportion
OF loss is much greater. aciual coun
revealing Dies ruction al 80 10 AZ
~ per cont 81 nests ana eggs Shore bird
with sets oi three or iOui eggs prof.
j, ably du nut uu The average, rev
~ more thaa tWn Young Tor each breed
ing pain
Il is not wupi8lng therefore. tia
birds al ihis iauly with ,heir Unite,
.v powers of reproduction. moli ava
c under the relentless warfare wage
- upon them l'nDi Veg recent year
r. shore hids haS, had almost no pr,
=. lection in thu Way OF game laws Thu
lri The spccics most Ia need ol sttiugen
~ IN addition loo being u source q
n food supply Dice shore bird plays a
te important pant in the hoalih OF con
h. minutes. Ih., perform inWortnn
d. service by th.h inioads upon mo-
I'd quitocs. some species OF witch as
u. semina,e disease Especially 40 IN
nj shore birds feed on what is know
boz as The "saltmosJuito. thO extern
j "a nf - d.
DO Jersey has sought hard 10 bring abou
aud has spont thousands uI dollar
ur IN attempting
,o The shore birds. It has been est
tr mated lev agriculture experts say
n farmers several millions a. dollars an
rn nualN by feeding upon pests ihd
ht thrive in ihr fields They are the cn'
In mics of the caterpillar cotton worn
cutNoial tobacco aud tomato worn
I'd army worm bon woevil. rice wect
a. and other WccNls that attack crap,
e aud sugar b'ets
an Only In very few states of the tnio
a. has an. ihiug he'n done 10 plote'
nj the birds from complete extinction
to Closed seasons ave bc n establish,
r nntil 1873 zen he following stais
lie toT certain specifies oi the shore birds
Nv lhc illdtr. u Massachusetts an
~. Louisiana 'h, upland ployor IN Mas
M achusetis and The piping ploNer
Massachusetts l.ul. considering II
'lp needs and value of these birds, IN
IN modicum ot pIn'ec,ion Is small II
RIM deed
Ifl HcaliIlns mat these birds are
~ great economic Importance io the "a
,oi mcrs and planWuon owners OF n
he country aui that their cNtorminaiic
GO hi sportsmcn would bc a serious lo
el- tn The Agricultural interests Of Il
ere country. The department, al agrlcultu
viii shortly urge upon all state 30
toe oiumenis. hunting associations, ael
,st. cultural socivtica aud graagc assoel
lf lions lhroushogl tho country tn hrir
pu about a closed ason Tor these gan
a. binds