John Marzluff will be giving a presentation about his new book this coming Wed. eve. at 7 p.m. at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park Towne Center. It is open to one and all.

You can read about the book in today's Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2024845737_marzluffsubirdiaxml.html

The book is called "Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife " and is NOT a doomsday chronicling of all the habitats we humans are taking away from birds. Instead he tells of the successfully adapting species from around the world (including many from in and around the Seattle area), which have been adapting to the by-products of human society or active attempts by us to provide some of the life basics that these birds need. For 12 years John and his team have studied various birds and their levels of adaptive ability and have come up with a hopeful outlook for the species who adapt well or somewhat to us and our development. But he reminds us that there are things we have to do and keep in mind if we hope to slow down the degradation of wildlife habitats and ultimately the loss of species within them.

Barb Deihl
Matthews Beach Neighborhood - NE Seattle
barb deihl at comcast.net
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