KITE TALES — ARCHIVES
RROS was founded in 1962, and the long-running KITE TALES newsletter debuted in November 1967.
In March 2021, incoming President Gene Hunn spearheaded a herculean effort to make the entire Kite Tales archival collection available online. Gene Hunn, Anne O’Donnell, and Jeff Valfer tirelessly scanned old issues in until the massive undertaking was completed in the summer of 2021.
We invite you to dive deeply and explore the wealth of historical information this archived collection has to offer. You might just discover a hidden gem, like this moving poem Mauricia Price wrote after going on the October 19, 1968 RROS pelagic trip (excerpt from Kite Tales Volume 3 Issue 1, November 1968):
Thank you for your genial hospitality
And bright adventure into ornithology;
Giving me the lucky opportunity
of enjoying great conviviality,
And etching on my sometimes earth-bound mind such things
As vibrant beat and dip of white gulls’ feathered wings
Against the crisp, blue morning sky; a swoop that sings
Of graceful winged loveliness, which arcs and brings
Companion wanders:--the swift and darting arrow-flight
Of long-necked cormorants speeding, the startling sight
Of diving pelicans in search of food, the fruit-bright
Orange-billed small puffin bird with plumes of night.
These off-shore sharings will remain for me, I know,
A stirring memory of cool October’s glow
Upon the ocean’s restless, churning, spuming flow
On the week-end when we did a-birding go.- Mauricia Price.
Without further ado, please peruse the archived collection below — enjoy!!
VOLUME 1 (1967)
VOLUME 2 (1968)
Jan 1968 / Feb 1968 / Mar 1968 / Apr 1968 / May 1968
VOLUME 3 (1968 - 1969)
Nov 1968 / Dec 1968 / no issue in Jan / Feb 1969 / Mar 1969 / Apr 1969 / May 1969
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Sep 1969 / no issue in Oct / Nov 1969 / Dec 1969 / Jan and Feb 1970 / Mar and Apr 1970 / May 1970
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VOLUME 56 (2020 - 2021)
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