What is ROMO and FWS? I implore everyone to spell out abbreviations the
first time they are used. Not all of us are familiar with them.
Remember the thread a while back on the four-letter abbreviations?
Thanks,
Louise Martell
e-mail martell at u.washington.edu

On Tue, 1 Aug 1995, Kathy Jope wrote:

> Just curious if anyone out there observed a crash
> in breeding raptors or other birds this year.
> Seven out of eight pairs of red-tailed hawks failed
> this year at ROMO. We also observed failures in
> American kestrels and prairie falcons. In
> discussion with FWS personnel from Rocky Mountain
> Arsenal east of Denver they observed a similar
> occurance to Swainson's hawks. We attribute the
> loss from the cold wet spring and early summer. We
> also noted nesting failures in songbirds such as
> mtn. bluebirds, chickadees, and Wilson's warblers.
>
>
> Please send any responses to jeff_connor at nps.gov
>