I also just read this article, a good one on a disheartening theme. Less
than 50 wild birds left, scattered on two refuge sites; doesn't look good.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
email: scottratkinson at hotmail.com


>From: ian paulsen <ipaulsen at krl.org>
>Reply-To: ipaulsen at krl.org
>To: BIRDCHAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>CC: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: March National Geographic magazine
>Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:16:45 -0800 (PST)
>
>HI ALL:
> The March issue of the National Geographic magazine has an interesting
>and depressing article about the "Attwater's" Praire-Chicken. It sounds
>like it is about to go the the way of the Heath Hen: EXTINCT!
>
>Ian Paulsen
>Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
>ipaulsen at krl.org
>A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
>"Rallidae all the way"
>




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