Birding Count in Mount Washington Says 102 Species
In the Berkshires on May 21, three observers logged 102 bird species at Mount Washington and surroundings. The day began with a whippoorwill call at 2 a.m. and included Canada geese with goslings, Sora and Virginia rails, meadow sparrows, a sandpiper, and a cock pheasant. Morning weather started 45 degrees warming to 70s with a light east wind. A Tennessee warbler and yellow bellied sapsuckers were noted along the mountain road as birds responded to spring migration.
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Berkshire
Bartholomew's Cobble
Monument Mountain
Bash Bish
Butternut Basin
Egremont
Sora
Virginia
High Bird Count Tally From Berkshire Hawkwatch
A nature diary card recounts a full day of birding from morning to evening in the Berkshire region. It lists 102 species observed including kingfisher, yellow-throated vireo, several hawks, warblers, wrens, thrushes, and a final tally of twenty warblers and numerous sparrows.
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Great Barrington
Monument Mountain
Matt Murphy Blunder Threatens The Ku Klux Klan
A million dollar damage suit by the Ku Klux Klan against The Birmingham News the National Conference of Christians and Jews and others sparks a planned anti Klan counteroffensive in Alabama. The case could force disclosure of secret KKK lists meetings and plans, challenging oath secrecy and inviting scrutiny by moderate South political figures.
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Ku Klux Klan
South
Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
United Kkk of America, Inc
Matt Murphy
Murphy
Viola Liuzzo
Birmingham News
National Conference of Christians and Jews
University of Ala
Atta
KKK
Jefferson County
Klan
Alabama
Wallace
The
Post-Herald
Elan
House Un-American Activities Committee
The Free Press and a Pluralist Great Society
Excerpted remarks by Weller Lip pman before the International Press Institute in London argue a free press is an organic necessity for a pluralist, urban society. He contends readers need rival newspapers for comparison, criticizes monologue journalism, and stresses public education, debate, and interpretation by diverse analysts to govern and inform a complex society.
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Weller Lippman
International Press Institute
London
Leser Markel
Adam Smith
Graham Wallas
London School of Economics
Wallas
Johnson
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Inside Report
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
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Pittsfield
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