The Guardian:  From the Archive October 21, 1948:  
 "What the Birds Know"


 Miami, Florida - The Bird Man told us that there would be a terrible dearth of birds in Florida owing to the catastrophe in September, when hundreds of thousands of birds hurled themselves against the Empire State Building in New York, and whole feathered populations were wiped out.  

"They were all on the way south for the season," he said sadly, "so don't take out the bird houses or build cafeterias in the trees.  The...

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