Word: birding
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...Ibis back on top of the Lampoon Castle. Everyone knows that scurrilous under-graduate politicos have squirreled the unfortunate bird away in University Hall and, frankly, the remainder of the College community wants that little fowl-ic symbol of good humor back...
...Topsfield's many attractions is the Midway, a section of the festival devoted to tests of skill and strength. If the soundtrack to Mortal Kombat blaring in the background doesn't inspire you to play your best Whack-A-Mole, perhaps the exciting prospect of winning the enormous Tweety Bird hanging over your head will. Whether it's shooting a water gun into a clown's mouth or maneuvering a mechanical claw over a bounty of stuffed animals, these games are nearly as addicting as they are difficult. With crafty vendors eager to lure you into "just one more game...
Richard Wheeler wants to tell you a story about a bird--a fine but flightless bird that lived a long time ago in the North Atlantic. "A magnificent creature," he calls the great auk, "an extraordinary paddler and swimmer." Sitting on the deck of a Wareham, Mass., home adorned by portraits and a sculpture of the 2-ft.-tall black-and-white bird, the shaggy-maned Wheeler scowls when he thinks about the great auk's fate. During the 18th and 19th centuries, commercial fishing vessels scoured the waters off North America for cod. Since the all but defenseless great...
...Wheeler, the lost bird was a herald of humanity's continuing plunder of the seas. Having devastated the cod population, Atlantic fishing boats are exhausting the haddock, herring and flounder. "How do you make people see that we are strip-mining the oceans?" Wheeler, once a commercial fisherman himself, asks, his voice edged with puzzlement. "I find myself depressed. Our relationship with the planet is terribly flawed...
...former U.S. Navy deep-sea diver and a veteran kayaker, he set out on a solo 1,500-mile kayak trip from Newfoundland to Buzzards Bay, Mass., following the seasonal migration route of the great auk--as much a feat for a man with a paddle as for a bird that could not fly. He hoped the attention the perilous journey would receive would send a clear message: "What we did to the auk, we are now doing to other species...