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with a burstof colorlike a livingflame, a tanagermay seem out of place.And it is: are birds of the tropics.The tanagergroup reachesLASHINGits zenithTHROUGH in SouthOURAmerica, FAMILIARon theWOODLOT lowerslopes TREESof the Andes,where ten speciesof brilliantlycolored tanagers may feed in the same fruitingtree at the same time. Only a few kinds of tanagers--all pictured on this poster---comeas far northas the UnitedStates, and they are mostly summer birdshere, retreating to the torridzones for the winter. But while they are with us,their colors and songs bring us a tantalizingtaste of the tropics.

TANAGERS .Western 2. 3.Stripe-headed Tanager 4. 5. Paintingb'• JOHN DAWSON

A supplementto A•mmc^• Brat)s,Summer 1991, Volume45, Number2 "[The tanager]most takes Tanaœer"• derivedfrom "tansara," the name usedfo•' these birds by the the eyeof anybird... Tup• Indiansof the It fliesthrough the greenfoliage as EvenAmazonthe nameBasinoI' •s[arnd•,omes/tom the tropics if it would ignite the leaves." HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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SCARLET TANAGER SUMMER TANAGER HEPATIC TANAGER

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foureggs (pale blue or The fewkinds of tanagersthat green,with brown come to North America find most markings),and usually of their insectfood by searching doesall theincubating methodicallyalong branches and foliage,as befits such stolid birds. herself.Her softcolors-- But theywill alsotake to the air, greensand yellows-- flyingout to nabpassing makebetter camouflage with surprisinggrace. They do not thanthe flashy tones hesitateto catchbees and wasps, of themale. After the deftlyavoiding getting stung in the The malescarlet tanager is scarlet for only eggshatch, however, half the year:for the winter,he molts process.Summer tanagers may de- themale does hisfull into a greenishplumage like that of the velopa tastefor theseinsects and female. On the other hand, the male shareof bringingfood summertanager (despite the name) learnto raid the nestsof paper to thenestlings. staysred both summer and wasps,eating both the youngwasp winter after he becomes an adult. grubsand the adults. SPECIES SIZE/APPEARANCE HABITAT NEST 'VOICE FOOD SCARLETTANAGER Length:7" Talldeciduous or Anuntidy cup of grass, weeds, Song, whistled phrases Mostly insects, also small Pirangaolivacea Male:bright red with black wings mixedforest. andtwigs, far out on a witha hoarse orhurry wildfruits. Theflashy male is unmistakable, butit isoften andtail. Fema/e. yellow-green with horizontalbranch. quality.Callnote, kip- hardtosee •nthe dense foliageof the treetops. [dark lookswingslike female. andtail. Male inwinter beerorkip. SUMMERTANAGER ILength: 7.75" Oakandptne- Aloose cup ofgrass andweed • whistles.Song,lazy Callnote,robin-like a waspsMostlyandinsects, . includingAlso wild APiranga widespreadrubrabird, the summer tanager is most Male:whitishbrightbill. Fema/e: rose-red tawny-yellowall over, with woodlands,cottonwood riversidegroves. stems,branch. placed on ahorizontal •crackling pickstuck. fruits. commoninthe Deep South. I withwhinsh bill. HEPATICTANAGER Length:8" Openwoodlands of Ashallow cupofgrass and ISong, robin-like Mostly insects andwild Pirangatiara Male:brick-red allover, with gray pineand oak in weeds,placed ina fork of a whistles.Callnote, a low fruits,sometimes nectar

Theareference word"hepatic"to the brick-redcan meanshade"liver-colored," ofthe male. faceandtawny-yellow darkpatch bill.and with darkgraybill. faceFemale:patch mountainouscountry. horizontalbranch. chuck. fromflowers. WESTERNTANAGER Length:7" Nests•nopen forest [ A cup of grass, twigs, and Risingand falling [Mostly insects, including Pirangaludoviciana Male:yellow with black wings and ofpine, spruce, and I needles,placed ona horizontal [phrases w•tha robin-like many wasps. Sometimes

summer.wings,tail,palepaleFemale:wingbars; wingbars. yellow redfacewith ingray fir,aspen;migration.mixed w•despread with oak inor[I branch of aconifer. Ii prri'ddi'ddit.song.quality Callnotemake upisthea rising eats wild fruits ornectar.

Spmdaliszena Male:black, chestnut, and yellow, tropicalscrub, and fibers,placed in a bushor tree. high-pitchedseries of alsoinsects. CommonSTRIPE-HEADEDin theWest TANAGERIndies, and sometimes Length:with white 6.75" stripes on face and wings. Openpine forest. woods, IA loose cup ofgrass or plant , Theweak songnotes isanda thin,twitters. IMostly smallwildfruits, strays•ntosouthern Floridafrom theBahamas. •whiteFemale: inplainw•ngs. greenish gray with [ [Callnote, seeep. NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY 950 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10022

1991Nattonal Audubon Society Content:Amencan B•rds magazine Design: EYtenttel Doyle Partners AmericanBirds is published by NATIONALAUDUBON SOCIETY NATIONALAUDUBON SOClEIY SUMMER 1991 American Birds HAROLDE• WOODSUMJR. Volume45, No. 2 TheMagazine of Record and Discovery Chairmanof the Board SUSAN RONEY DRENNta• PETERA.A. BEV,LE Editor-in-Chioc President VicePresident j$r IvYmAN S. HE•SKELL ScienceInj$rmation BRUCE S. HOWARD BAYARD D. VICTORIA LEIDNER Vice-Chairmen Art Director

KENN KAUFMAN IM•s• T. CaSE AssociateEditor besaved by increasing fuel JMESA. CUNNINGMAM ERIc FISCHER GEOFFREYS. LEBARON efficiencyby a meretwo FROMTHE SUSANPARKER MARTIN Christmas Bird CHPdSTOPHERN. PALMER milesper gallon,dtilling ELIZABETHRAISBECK Count Editor in theArctic coastal plains Senior Vice-Presidents J• DomNs PRESIDENT Adminstrative Assistant isinsupportable. We need I•tARYJoY BRETON to make lawmakers look GRA• L. Cox ELLENALCORN, LAURA SCHENONE SusAN RONEY DRENNAN Fvoa,• M. Dt•sTtaq AS WE GO TO PRESS WITH at more cost-effective al- Contributors M. BROCK EV•NS MERCEDUSLEE, Lisa MEWR our summer issue of ALEXANDERSPRUNT IV ternatives,such as improv- TENSIE WHELAN Researchers AmericanBirds, the fate of ing fuel efficiencyand BROOKSYEAGER Vice-Presidents MALCOLM ABRAMS Arctic wildlife is being developing renewable Editorial Consultant CAROLEMcNA•w,• hashedout on Capitol sourcesof energy. Controller DRENTFEL DOYLE PARTNERS Oil advocatesargue DesignConsultants Hill. GeorgeBush has STUARTS. JtaqNEXIII vowedto vetoany energy that this 110-mile-long Secretary coastal stretch is not SAMUELA. PLUM CARMINE BRAN^cAN legislationthat doesn't in- Treasurer Publisher cludea provisionto open worth the environmental ROGER TORY PETERSON PHmIP WmTNEY the Arctic National Wild- uproar.But lessthan 4 SpecialConsultant AssociatePublisher life Refuge to oil ex- percentof thiscountry's RUSSELLW. PETERSON TYRONE A. HORTON ELVlSJ. STAHR ploration.That habitat, originalwilderness still Presidents Emeriti Circulation/Business comprisedof 1.5 million exists, and half of that Operations PATRICIAM. BARRET]7-WALTERS acresalong the Alaskan is in Alaska. The Arctic SCO'71 W. REED JOHNB. GOURLAY Bm,•AEA WIGHTMAN coast, is cridcal to Arctic Assistant Secretaries AdvertisingDirector NationalWildlife Refuge wildlife.Among the 130 isthe only remaining Alas- HARRYC. LEGATESJR. HELEN C. ALEXANDER Publications Business birdspecies making their kan coastlinenot opento LEIGHJ. ALTADONNA Manager home in the refugeare oil development.As bird- WIEMA ANDERSON JOHNB. BEINECKE Advisors Golden Eagles,Snowy ers, and as citizens,won't JOHNC. BIERWIR'D-1 MRS. W. L. LYONS BROWN Carl E. Bock and Short-eared owls, youplease help us block JACQUELINEA. BROWNE Mary H. Clench Tundra Swans, and the JANICEE. BURCH JohnFarrand Jr. this legislationbefore NOEL LEE DUNN Frank B. Gill North America's last Arc- PAUL R. EHRLICH endangeredArcfit race of GEORGE ELLMAN Thomas R. Howell thePeregrine Falcon. The tic wilderness frontier is CH,•.LES G. EvANs FrancesC. James Jtoa•sG. I-L•4•sIII Kenneth C. Parkes areais also vital to migrat- destroyed? MARIAN S. HEISKELL BRUCE S. HOWARD RogerTory Peterson ingSnow Geese, a species STUARTS. Jta-•NE¾III Olin SewallPettingill Jr. I•tADELEINE M. KUNIN JamesV. Rernsen whosepopulation is ex- HARRIET M. [•IARBLE JosephR. Siphron pectedto decreaseby 50 JANM•RSH AlexanderSprunt IV J.P. MYERS C^• NAVARXEJR. Glen E. Wooifenden percentif the Refugeis DONALC. O'BRIENJR. AmericanBirds ispublished five times a openedto drilling. GEORGE D. PAWi7ERSON year.Editorial and businessoffices are JOHNJ. PHEIANJR. located at 950 Third Avenue, New York, Accordingto the De- SAMUELA. PLUM NY 10022(212) 546-9191. Subscription, BAYAm• D. all in U.S.$: Oneyear $27.50, Two years partmentoflntetior's best SCO•T W. REED $50,Canada and Foreign $32.50, Librar- WILLIAM RILEY iesand Insitutions$35- Singlecopies: estimate,there may be 3.5 PHILLIP B. ROONEY Christmas(Bird Count) Issue $15, Spring billion barrels of oil in the WILLIAM D. RoSS Issue(Autumn Migration), Summer Issue LEA8 G. SCHAD (Winter Season),Fall Issue(Spring refuge.The mostoptimis- ROBERTF. SCHUMANN Migration),Winter Issue (Nesting Season) PETERW. STROH all $5 each.Checks and money orders in tic estimatesequal only 3 MILTON W. WELLER U.S. $ onlyshould be madepayable to JOHNCARROLL WNrrta•R AmericanBirds. Second class postage paid percentof current im- HAROLDE. WOODSUMJR. at New York, NY and additional Post Offices.Copyright ¸ 1991by The Na- ports.Given the fact that NationalAudubon S•cie• Productions tionalAudubon Society. Postmaster.. Send that much oil could alone CHRISTOPHERN. PALMER addresschanges toAmerican Birds, 950 President ThirdAvenue, New York, NY 10022. ISSN 0004-7686 How to identifyU. EO.s From a distance,they're gossamerapparitions risingfrom the marsh. ThroughNikon binoculars, they're unmistakably white ibises (Eudocimus albus). Adult, at that. Their distinguishingcharacteristics vividly clear: The full •. whitebody. Small black tips on the wings.The out- stretchedneck with long, slender,down-turned bill. Andreddish hue in face, bill, legs and feet. ' -' Nikon'slegendary multi-coated optics make identifyingsuch unidentified flying objects as easyas it is soul-stirring.Because you'll see the most subtle ii fieldmarks clearer, brighterand in more detailthan ever. 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LittleBlue Heron, page 330 COLUMNS& DEPARTMENTS FROM THE EDITOR 186 White-throatedRobin, page 230 Some notes on what makes THE PRACTICEDEYE 330 THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR birdsbeautiful, by Susan OF BIRDS 218 The differences between im- RoneyDrennan ResplendentQuebal, page 206 mature Little Blue Herons Why do somebirds live in AMERICAN BIRDS' SUMMER utter isolation while others andyoung Snowy Egrets are STATUS AND CONSERVATION GUIDE 188 dustertogether in enormous OF THE ESKIMO CURLEW 237 Wherethe birds are. A map subtleenough to challenge eventhe most experienced nests?Why arecertain terri- ByCraig A. Faanesand of thebest places to gobird- StanleySennet, International birder.How to...by Kenn toriesfiercely guarded while ingthis season. others are treated as commu- Council for Bird Preservation. K•ufman OVERVIEW 192 nalspaces? Frank R. Gillon THE CHANGING SEASONS: AMERICAN BIRDING 334 Downlistingthe Bald Eagle whybirds do what they do. WINTER 1990-1991 240 "The Summerof Looking mayrenew the threat of JAMAICAIS BIRDS, ByKenn Kaufman. extinction. Albatrosses are Close."A boynamed Pete BIRDS,BIRDS 224 Dunne discoversthat watch- HOW TO READ THE killed off Hawaii's coast. SusanRoney Drennan takes a REGIONAL REPORTS 242 Protectingmigratory song- ingbirds has a lot to dowith walk on Jamaica'swild side understandingthe world. THE REGIONALREPORTS birds. Plus Birder-of-note andalong the way points out THE WINTER SEASON 244 and more. Lr i i rRS TO THE EDITOR 337 someof themagnificent bird December 1, 1990- BIRDING FOR FUN 200 A sampleof what'son sub- speciesendemic to theisland. February28, 1991 scribers' minds. Male birds, like all males, Front cover: The Wood Duck sometimesgo to extreme PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS [Aixsponsa]. "Yes, it's a WINTER 1991 338 SCIENCE lengthsto besexually attrac- duck," saysartist DougPratt, FIRST UNITED STATES "but it's not a flat-billed tive,reports Paul R. Ehrlich. THAT'S BIRD RECORD OF THE quacker."The WoodDuck has ENTERTAINMENT 342 wIIrrE-THROATED ROBIN 230 FACTS,INFERENCES AND spectacularcolors, which is SHAMELESSSPECULATIONS 203 ByGreg Lasley and Mike also what draws Dale Zimmer- man to it. "The iridescent Rosemary'sBabies are hatch- Krzywonski. FEATURES blues,greens, and purples,"he ingalong the coastlines of A RECONSIDERATION soys,"are strengthenedby vel- THE WORLD'S MOST OF THE MASSACHUSETTS thepolluted Great Lakes, by BEAUTIFUL BIRDS 206 vetydark areas ouUinedin J.l?Myers. "COX'S SANDPIPER" 232 white,glossy wine-red breast Makeyour own list, then ByBurt L. Monroe,Jr. feathers,and a red bii! tipped MOMENTS IN HISTORY 327 turnto page206 where ten black and outlinedin yellow." Today,every birder knows renowned avian artists have SOME INITIAL EFFECTSOF The bird'sgraceful proportions HURRICANEHUGO ON ENDANGERED the difference between a are what attract artist Diane pickedtheir most spectacu- AND ENDEMIC SPECIES OF WEST Pierce to it. "It has a small bill, INDIAN BIRDS 234 Whip-poor-willand a Com- lar,graceful, colorful, and largeeyes, and beautiful monNighthawk. But that excitingbirds. ByJ. ChristopherHaney, crest," shesoys. ''The pattern wasn'talways the case,relates ByEllen Alcorn ]osqhM. Wunderle,Jr.and of the head is exquisite." But JohnFarrand, Jr. and Laura Schenone. l•yne J. Arendt. as Pratt pointsout, "it's fancy without beinggaudy." Photo- graph/StephenKirkpatrick. NEOF THE TOUGHEST in his column "Birding for Fun:Sex- thingsyou can ask a ual Selection."Males of humming- birderto dois to singlebirds and many ducks, for example, out the most beauti- takeno part in incubatingeggs or ful birds,among the 9000 known caringfor young; all theirevolution- species.The ideaof "beauty"is one aryenergy has gone into developing thatthe philosophers and poets have brightpatterns, to attractmomen- beenwrestling with for centuries. tarymates. This trendreaches its ex- Websrer'sdefines it as"the quality or treme in some of the tropical FROMTHE aggregate of qualitiesin a personor American manakins and birds of thing that givesplea- paradise, birds fes- sure to the senses or tooned with colors and pleasurablyexalts the patternsand plumes mind or spirit."The that almost seem out- EDITORdefinition's looseness landish. It would be points out just how unfair, however, to subjectivethe ideaof blamethe moregarish beautyreally is. We maleplumages on the put ten extremelytal- tastes of female birds. ented bird artists to In thelong evolution of thetest byasking them •, thesepatterns, there to choose their favorite .• mayhave been as much birds ["The World'sMost Beautiful pressurecaused by the males' need to Birds,"p. 206]. The answerswere impressor intimidateeach other. surprisingin the extent to which they In the end,the qualitiesof a bird revealedvery personal things about whichmost delight the sensesare eachartist's aesthetic. Still, there are oftenthose which also delight the in- someobjective criteria the artists ap- tellect.Gorgeous colors, patterns, plied:A bird'sshape and size, its car- shapes,and sizes are usually the prac- riage, wing span, pattern, and tical resultofa bird'sevolution, a tes- especiallycolor, often figured promi- timony to the fact that beauty, nentlyin theresponses. whateverelse it maybe, is sometimes Which brings me to the next a bird'sbest weapon for survival. question.Beauty aside, why should •S.R. Drennan anybird evenwear bright colors in thefirst place? Drab colors and pro- ANSWERSTOTHAT'S BIRD ENTERTAINMENT, VOLUME tectivecamouflage patterns are easy 45,NO. 1, SPRING 1991 AMERICAN BIRDS to explain,as defense against pred- 1. BillyMartin ators, but what accounts for the 2. Dave Winfield 3. Bunting flamboyantshocking hues of a Re- 4. Birdie splendentQuetzal or a birdof par- 5. Mark "thebird" Fidrych adise? The answer seems to be that 6. Runners on base,or basesloaded brightcolors on a birdare meant to 7. Gooseeggs 8. Toledo Mud Hens be seenby othersof its own kind. 9. Sunflower seeds Unlike mammals,of which many 10. PhilRegan speciesare color-blind, birds in gen- 11. Clutch (hitter) 12. Ken Harrelson eral havehighly developedcolor 13. SydFinch vision.They will seeevery detail of 14. Robin Roberts coloron neighbors,rivals, and po- 15. Parrot tential mates. 16. Flycatcher,or ballhawk 17. The Robins Some of the most elaborate color 18.A dyingquail combinations are found on male 19. St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue birdsin speciesthat display to attract Jays,Baltimore Orioles 20. Fritz Peterson females,as Paul 1L Ehrlichexplains Bausch& Lombclarity separates theWandering from the Gray-tailed.

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