Sarasota News Leader
December 21, 2012
It was fun having the Ospreys around except
when one got tangled up in a fishing line and
had to be cut free ��� not an easy task. Now
they are gone. You accept the fact they have
left for better fishing grounds, and after a
while they are just a fond memory.
Not so for the conservationists! Ospreys catch
and eat fish. People catch and eat fish. The Osprey family members, the sentinels of our bay,
have alerted us by their absence to something
that is wrong with our bay and our fish. All
birds are the proverbial canaries in the coal
mine, so when we fall silent, someone must
speak out for us, assess the damage and lead
the rescue mission.
That is the end of a simplistic but serious infomercial. And now to the fun part of the CBC.
Bird No. 3
Bird No. 2
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