The summer is almost over. Other things need attention. So this blog, of small but loyal readership, will be going on hiatus for the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile I will leave you with an index to the 40-odd posts I've made so far, in the order they were posted.
Inaugural Post--What is this all about?
3360 Caterpillars--Richard Bradley publicizes the benefits of house sparrows (1723)
Richard Bradley and Claudius Aelianus--An ancient precedent for Bradley's observations
A Response to Bradley--Destroy the house sparrow (1746)
New England Destroys Blackbirds (and pays for it)--Ben Franklin tells a fable (1753)
Spare the Swallows!--British discourse about swallow protection (1790)
Benjamin Barton and the Utility of the House Wren (1799)
Joseph Addison's Blackbirds (and Richard Steele's Tom-tits) (1712)
Alexander Wilson Vindicates the Kingbird (1808)
Mrs. Trimmer's Talking Robins--A look at children's literature (1786)
The Farm Press and the Roots of American Conservation (1819)
Ignoble Hunters from the City--American Farmer (1819)
The Usefulness of Dunghill Fowl--American Farmer (1819)
A Plea to Printers to Promote the Protection of Useful Birds (1818)
The Useful Bird Act of 1818
Response in the press to the Bird Law #1 (1818)
Response to the Bird Law #2 (1818)
Response to the Bird Law #3 (1818)
Response to the Bird Law #4 (1819)
New York Tries to Save the Heath Hen--early American game laws
Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture--the good done by swallows and waxwings (1795)
Hessian Flies and Bird Sanctuaries--American Farmer (1821)
Election Day Bird Shoots and Grand Squirrel Hunts
Jeremiah Simple shares some advice about birds--American Farmer (1820)
A Vermont Farmer defends Robins--American Farmer (1822)
The British influence on early American bird protection--New England Farmer (1822)
A Judgement from Heaven--The religious framing of bird protection (1826)
A Southern Perspective--John Randolph of Roanoke defends the blackbird (1820)
Letters to the New England Farmer #1: Bird Shooting (1824)
Letters to the New England Farmer #2: Wanton Destruction of Birds (1827)
Letters to the New England Farmer #3: Insectivorous Birds (1828)
Letters to the New England Farmer #4: Insectiverous Birds (1828)
"Bird Shooting," a poem by Thomas Green Fessenden--New England Farmer (1829)
Dissent from a Bee-Keeper--New England Farmer (1828)
An Enthusiasm for Ornithologies--Wilson, Nuttall, and Audubon in the farm press (1830)
Horticultural Enemies or Ecological Allies--New York Farmer (1830)
Massachusetts Horticultural Society and Bird Protection--New England Farmer (1830)
The Needless Destruction of Songbirds--Four articles from the New England Farmer (1832)
Bird Shooting and the True Sportsman--American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine (1830)
"Ought we to kill the birds that eat our fruit?"--Genesee Farmer (1832)
"On Birds and their Misfortunes"--New England Farmer (1834)
Silent Spring 1834 style--New England Farmer (1834)
Crows on Trial--New England Farmer (1834)
The Slaughter of Marsh Birds--New Massachusetts game laws (1835)
Meanwhile I will leave you with an index to the 40-odd posts I've made so far, in the order they were posted.
Inaugural Post--What is this all about?
3360 Caterpillars--Richard Bradley publicizes the benefits of house sparrows (1723)
Richard Bradley and Claudius Aelianus--An ancient precedent for Bradley's observations
A Response to Bradley--Destroy the house sparrow (1746)
New England Destroys Blackbirds (and pays for it)--Ben Franklin tells a fable (1753)
Spare the Swallows!--British discourse about swallow protection (1790)
Benjamin Barton and the Utility of the House Wren (1799)
Joseph Addison's Blackbirds (and Richard Steele's Tom-tits) (1712)
Alexander Wilson Vindicates the Kingbird (1808)
Mrs. Trimmer's Talking Robins--A look at children's literature (1786)
The Farm Press and the Roots of American Conservation (1819)
Ignoble Hunters from the City--American Farmer (1819)
The Usefulness of Dunghill Fowl--American Farmer (1819)
A Plea to Printers to Promote the Protection of Useful Birds (1818)
The Useful Bird Act of 1818
Response in the press to the Bird Law #1 (1818)
Response to the Bird Law #2 (1818)
Response to the Bird Law #3 (1818)
Response to the Bird Law #4 (1819)
New York Tries to Save the Heath Hen--early American game laws
Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture--the good done by swallows and waxwings (1795)
Hessian Flies and Bird Sanctuaries--American Farmer (1821)
Election Day Bird Shoots and Grand Squirrel Hunts
Jeremiah Simple shares some advice about birds--American Farmer (1820)
A Vermont Farmer defends Robins--American Farmer (1822)
The British influence on early American bird protection--New England Farmer (1822)
A Judgement from Heaven--The religious framing of bird protection (1826)
A Southern Perspective--John Randolph of Roanoke defends the blackbird (1820)
Letters to the New England Farmer #1: Bird Shooting (1824)
Letters to the New England Farmer #2: Wanton Destruction of Birds (1827)
Letters to the New England Farmer #3: Insectivorous Birds (1828)
Letters to the New England Farmer #4: Insectiverous Birds (1828)
"Bird Shooting," a poem by Thomas Green Fessenden--New England Farmer (1829)
Dissent from a Bee-Keeper--New England Farmer (1828)
An Enthusiasm for Ornithologies--Wilson, Nuttall, and Audubon in the farm press (1830)
Horticultural Enemies or Ecological Allies--New York Farmer (1830)
Massachusetts Horticultural Society and Bird Protection--New England Farmer (1830)
The Needless Destruction of Songbirds--Four articles from the New England Farmer (1832)
Bird Shooting and the True Sportsman--American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine (1830)
"Ought we to kill the birds that eat our fruit?"--Genesee Farmer (1832)
"On Birds and their Misfortunes"--New England Farmer (1834)
Silent Spring 1834 style--New England Farmer (1834)
Crows on Trial--New England Farmer (1834)
The Slaughter of Marsh Birds--New Massachusetts game laws (1835)
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