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SCOTT
WEIDENSAUL
Scott Weidensaul is the author of more than
two dozen books on natural history, including
the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Living on the
Wind, about bird migration, Return to Wild
America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent's
Natural Soul, and his newest book, Of a Feather:
A Brief History of American Birding. Weidensaul
writes for such publications as Smithsonian,
Audubon, Nature Conservancy and National Wildlife;
he lives in the mountains of eastern Pennsylvania,
where he studies the migration of hawks, owls
and hummingbirds.
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from Scott Weidensaul From "Living on
the Wind"
"So many ecosystems
are under assault in the tropics, so many
seemingly inexorable pressures are working
against conservation, that it is easy to despair.
But one of the more intriguing ways to save
migratory birds, and many of the tropical
plants and animals with which they coexist,
may also be the simplest: Have a cup of coffee”
And personal: “ Whenever I'm in the
highlands of Mexico and Central America, I
invariably find my way to little, shade-grown
coffee plantations, so ric and verdant it's
hard not to think you're in virgin forest.
The birds seem to feel that way, too, because
that's where I always find big flocks of warblers,
vireos, thrushes, orioles and other migrant
songbirds, which increasingly depend on such
traditional coffee fincas when they're in
the tropics. And it's why we only use shade-grown
coffee in our home - because by the simple
act of buying ‘Bird Friendly’™
coffee, we can make a huge difference for
the birds that bring color, music and joy
to our lives.
Every birder who drinks coffee should do the
same thing. By buying shade-grown coffee you
get a better, richer drink; the farmers who
have been tending the land for generations
are able to preserve it; and the birds we
all love get a lifeline at a time when they
desperately need it. It's easy, and it's effective.
What's not to like?”
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