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...time merely one of several ideas floating around on how the cosmos began. The discovery happened purely by accident: Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were trying to get an annoying hiss out of a communications antenna, and after ruling out every other explanation--including the residue of bird droppings--they decided the hiss was coming from outer space...
Thank you for the insightful article on bird watching [ENVIRONMENT, June 6]. The Sibley Guide to Birds is an informative and beautifully illustrated guide for any birder. Even more impressive is the possible impact David Allen Sibley's books may have on wildlife conservation. Bird watching is contagious; even our two indoor cats have become avid bird watchers, enjoying the view from our kitchen window. BEVERLY PROPEN Orange, Conn...
Sibley's book will introduce more people to birds; more bird watchers will lead to more individual initiative, and the birds will be the beneficiaries. ANDY THOMPSON, PUBLISHER Bird Watcher's Digest Marietta, Ohio...
...Threski is also a temperamental bird and it is likely he will migrate toward other destinations. For his sake, this would be a good idea. Sources indicate that the poor fools on Bow Street have already hired cronies to traverse the sea and capture the errant bird, so that he can be resoldered atop the Lampoon Castle. Adding insult to injury, he would be forced to share his old prison with a shoddily constructed, fake plastic imposter...
...second study, which examined the disappearance of large animals in Australia, sought to specify the time frame of the extinction rather than the cause. According to the study, every Australian land mammal, reptile and bird heavier than 100 kg and most of those weighing 45 to 100 kg died out 46,400 years ago. The study, which used optical dating to pinpoint the age of fossils from sites across Australia, narrowed the previously fuzzy timeframe of the extinction. But the new dates makes human influence a more likely factor because scientists believe humans arrived on the continent between...