The St.
Petersburg Audubon Society
WingSpan
Calendar of Events -
September 2006 +
Sept. 5 - SPAS Board meeting; 6:30pm at The
Science Center.
Sept. 9 - Breakfast with the Birds – Boca Ciega
Millennium Park, 12410 74th Ave N, Largo. Meet
8am, Picnic Shelter #1 for a continental-style break-
fast before the guided bird walk. Leader: Mauri
Peterson, 398-4124.
Sept. 16 – North American Migratory Count
(NAMC). All levels of experienced birders needed
to count species & individual birds. Call Mauri
Peterson, 398-4124, to volunteer.
Sept. 23 – Spider Hunt and Bird Walk led by
Francia Smith. Sawgrass Lake Park, 7400 25th St
N, St Petersburg. Meet at Visitor Center, 8am.
Sept. 30 – John Chesnut County Park, 2200 East
Lake Rd, Palm Harbor. Meet 8am inside park. Use
East Lake Rd. (CR 611) entrance, go straight thru
the 2nd stop sign to 1st parking lot on left, near rest-
rooms. Leaders: Doug Clark and Mauri Peterson,
398-4124.
Oct. 3 - SPAS Board meeting; 6:30pm at The
Science Center.
Oct. 7 - Boyd Hill Bird Walk, Boyd Hill Nature
Park, 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Petersburg.
Meet at the Visitor Center, 8am. Leader: Mauri
Peterson, 893-4124. $2.00 entrance fee.
Oct. 14 – Cross Bar Ranch, Pasco Co. Enjoy an
open-air 'bus' tour over rough dirt trails thru many
native habitat types. Much of this area is managed
for wildlife conservation. Meet 7am at Sears, 94th
Ave N & 9th St, St. Petersburg to car pool. Pack a
lunch. For reservations call Jeanne Murphy at
582-2461.
Oct. 15 - Fall Wine & Cheese Sunset Cruise,
aboard the catamaran “Albion” with Capt. Alva. Boat
tour of intracoastal waterways, ending with the
sunset over Shell Key. 6:30-8pm. Meet at Merry
Pier, 801 Pass-a-Grille Way, St. Pete Beach. Space
limited. Call Barb Ranck, 374-7039, for reserva-
tions. $30 donation to benefit SPAS’ many outreach
programs.
September 2006
Tuesday, September 19th, 7:00pm at the SCIENCE
CENTER, 7701 22nd Avenue N.,
St. Petersburg 727-384-0027
“COME INTO MY PARLOR...”
Francia Smith, Environmental Education
Resource Teacher, Pinellas County Schools
Whether you love them or hate them, come
and learn about spiders. The subject of myths,
superstitions, and folklore, spiders are one of
the most successful animals found in every
environment in the world. This exciting
presen-tation will explore some of the physical
characteristics and behaviors of many of our
Florida spiders. They may not win popularity contests, but they do
evoke a variety of reactions in people.
Come take a fascinating look at these adaptable creatures while
learning about their diversity and valuable connections within the
ecological web.
PREVIEW:
The October 17th program will feature Mark Mueller of the Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife
Research Institute. His topic will be WHERE ARE THOSE
FLORIDA BURROWING OWLS?”
Mark your calendars NOW
Save December 6, 2006 for the
Conservation Celebration hosted by St.
Petersburg Audubon and the Pinellas
Native Plant Society. The event takes
place at the County Extension Service,
12520 Ulmerton Rd. in Largo, and will
again feature our silent auction,
environmental exhibits, gift baskets and
plenty of refreshments.
Our keynote speaker this year will
be John Moran, bringing us his Journal
of Light: A Photographer’s Search for
the Soul of Florida. Moran’s remark-
able Journal of Light speaking
programs highlight a 20-year odyssey to discover the soul of one of
the most photographed states in the country. His ever-evolving
programs have been called “exquisite,” “lyrical,” “powerful,” and
“like nothing I have ever seen.” Learn more at www.JohnMoran
Photo.com.
Watch this newsletter for further details and ways you can
contribute. Hope to see you there.
 PRESIDENT’S M ESSAGE
By the time this newsletter
reaches your hands the sum-
mer will be almost over and
our Fall season will soon be
underway. Your newly-elected
Board has been busy all
summer planning the pro-
grams, field trips, and budget
for the coming year. Our Beach Nesting Bird volunteers have
been super busy monitoring the beaches and rooftops for
Least Terns, Black Skimmers and other beach nesters. Many
of you have been staying on top of conservation issues such
as Brooker Creek and for that I thank you. Even though our
meetings and field trips only go from September to May, the
chapter’s activities do not cease over the summer months.
And speaking of activities, we have a full schedule
planned for this year. I would encourage your participation
and we can always use your help. With this newsletter you
IT’S GREAT TO BE GREEN
It’s “An Inconvenient Truth” that the world is getting
warmer. We don’t want to acknowledge that fact because it
means we will have to change the way we do things. We
owe it to the countless other species that we share the earth
with to make all the changes in our power to reverse global
warming. Hopefully everyone has had the chance to see Al
Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” at the theater or read the
book. If you haven’t, please do it now. Time is short and we
all need to make changes before our world is irreversibly
changed.
Carbon dioxide (CO2 ) causes global warming. The
following list of simple things you can do to help stop global
warming and how much CO 2 you’ll save by doing them is
taken directly from www.climatecrisis.net. Please consider
personally taking all of these steps, and more.
S Change a light. Replacing one regular light bulb with a
compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of
CO2 /year.
S Drive less. Walk, bike, car pool or take mass transit
more often. You’ll save one pound of CO 2 for every
mile you don’t drive!
S Recycle more. You can save 2400 pounds of CO 2 / year
by recycling just half of your household waste.
S Check your tires. Keeping your tires inflated properly
can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every
gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of CO 2 out of
the atmosphere!
S Use less hot water. It takes a lot of energy to heat water.
Installing a low flow showerhead can save 350 pounds
of CO 2 /year, and washing your clothes in cold or warm
water can save 500 pounds/year.
by Mauri Peterson, SPAS President
will find our Annual Program & Field Trip list. We have
interesting programs lined up and lots of trips to choose
from.
We have also included a “Help Wanted” column. These
are areas where we need someone to help or even to head up
a project. Please consider volunteering. It’s a great way to
meet people, stay active and promote the causes of St. Pete
Audubon. Along with our Website, www.stpeteaudubon.org,
this newsletter is one of the best communication tools that we
have. You will find the names of our officers and Board
members and their phone numbers, plus several other project
volunteers. Please feel free to contact us if you have any
questions or concerns, and especially if you’d like to help.
We are here to serve you while also fulfilling the
Chapter’s mission: “to promote environmental education
and, through responsible activism, to protect, restore and
preserve natural ecosystems for both people and wildlife.”
Hope to see you out and about.
by Barb Howard
S Avoid products with a lot of
packaging. You can save 1,200
pounds of CO 2 if you cut down
your garbage by 10%.
S Adjust your thermostat. Move your thermostat down
just two degrees in winter and up two degrees in
summer. You could save about 2,000 pounds of
CO 2 /year with this simple adjustment.
S Plant a tree. A single tree will absorb one ton of CO2
over its lifetime.
S Turn off electronic devices. Simply turning off your
television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when
you’re not using them will save thousands of pounds of
CO 2 /year.
S Spread the word. Encourage your friends to do the
same, and to see or read “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Go to www.climatecrisis.net and explore the site. Click
on the “Take Action” section. Be sure to explore the whole
site to see the science and what else you can do. Become an
advocate to stop global warming.
FYI: The Florida Legislature passed an energy bill that will
give us a Sales Tax Holiday for Energy-Efficient Appliances
the week of Oct 5-11, 2006 and solar incentives through June
2010. If you’ve been thinking you need to replace your old
appliances, this may be the week to do it.
O=C=O
(Chemical expression for Carbon Dioxide)
 CONSERVATION NEWS
Summer is winding down, reports of migrants are picking up,
and another beach nesting bird season is over.
Not one chick was raised on our municipal (public)
beaches. Not a single one. The worst year ever. Over 50
volunteers surveyed every beach in Pinellas County (with a
few exceptions) and found only 58 juvenile Least Terns.
Having been forced off the municipal beaches, birds are
making a last stand on barrier islands. But they’re in trouble:
– Shell Key: People trespass into the posted bird areas, let
their dogs run loose, spew trash and fireworks. The
situation is so bad local media ran stories (see
www.stpeteaudubon.org/BNB for links).
S Three Rooker Bar: A dog invaded a nesting colony and
killed several adult birds and four chicks.
– Egmont Key: A perfectly legal dog leaped off a
nearshore boat and flushed 1000s of Laughing Gulls off
their nests.
How long can this continue before drastic population
declines occur?
As for the rooftops, this was
a bad year in South county. We
had fewer colonies, and observed
increased predation by crows and
hawks. Natural beaches don’t
have predator perches; are cell
towers providing vantage points?
More study is needed, but gravel
roofs are on the wane. Birds
belong on natural beaches, not
rooftops.
Could the birds be abandoning Pinellas, choosing to nest
elsewhere? Maybe. But we hear Panhandle reports of dogs
decimating colonies in State Parks. It’s been 10 years since
the last statewide FWC survey. About 1000 people move to
Florida every day, many to the coastlines. This must be
having an effect.
So what can we do?
T Volunteer as a Bird Steward during holiday weekends.
Bird Stewards help keep island visitors from
accidentally wandering into bird colonies. Enjoy a day
on the beach and show visitors pictures of chicks and
adult birds who live on the beach. Contact Barb Howard
at 353-1272.
T Contact local and state policymakers. Let them know
you support the birds and their need for space to live.
Tell them dogs don’t belong on islands where birds nest,
and demand enforcement of existing laws.
T Ask FWC to conduct periodic statewide beach nesting
bird surveys. Current data is needed to assess population
trends and determine the effects of increasingly rampant
coastal development.
T Write Governor Jeb Bush and his cabinet, requesting
dogs be kept off nesting beaches, and ask for better
by Dave Kandz
study and protection of Beach Nesting Birds.
T Visit our website (www.stpeteaudubon.org/BNB) for
more information, to find links to contact policy-
makers, to volunteer as a Bird Steward, and to sign up
for our BNB advocacy list. We’ll email you when
opportunities arise to help Beach Nesting Birds!
In Harmony with Nature: Creating Habitat
One Yard at a Time by Barb Zias
“Lawn Gone”
One of the primary goals of our In Harmony with Nature
program is to help people create healthy landscapes by
transforming their lawn-dominant yards into habitat for birds,
butterflies, and other wildlife. Turf-grass, or lawn, requires
large amounts of toxic chemicals and water to maintain.
Reducing the area of turf-grass in your yard is one of the
most important things you can do to create habitat and to help
heal the planet. This single act can make a significant and
positive difference in several vital areas:
- Turf grass is a mono-culture. It has absolutely no value
to wildlife and it requires thousands of gallons of water to
maintain - water we simply do not have.
- Millions of tons of fertilizers are applied to lawns in the
United States every year.
- Billions of pounds of pesticides are applied to lawns in
the U.S. annually.
The only way to stop poisoning the planet is to stop
poisoning the planet!
Although it could hardly be called a “grassroots” effort,
there is actually a ‘lawn gone’ movement spreading across
the country. There are many alternatives to turf grass; here
are two:
1. A vegetable garden. You would save on food costs and
reduce the fuel consumed to transport food to markets.
2. A butterfly garden. Providing habitat for butterflies is
quite easy and fun to do. The book, Butterfly Gardening with
Florida’s Native Plants by Craig Huegel, is a great resource.
The In Harmony with Nature CD, a collaborative effort of
SPAS and the PCFNPS, provides many practical ideas for
creating an environmentally friendly landscape in your own
yard. Contact Bill Bilodeau at 727-322-9695 or BillBilodeau
@verizon.net to get your copy.
If you would like to schedule a presentation of “The
Healthy Landscape” or “Landscaping and Gardening with
Florida Native Plants” for your garden club, neighborhood
association, or other interested group, contact Barb Zias at
727-521-4997.
And if you would like to learn more about National
Audubon Society’s “Audubon at Home” program, go to
www.audubon.org. Click on the “Healthy Yard Pledge” to
get into the “Audubon at Home” pages.

PRINCIPLES OF BIRDING ETHICS
(Part 1 of 2)
Everyone who enjoys birds and birding must always respect
wildlife, its environment, and the rights of others. In any conflict
of interest between birds and birders, the welfare of the birds and
their environment comes first.
1. Promote the welfare of birds and their environment.
a) Support the protection of important bird habitat.
b) To avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger,
exercise restraint and caution during observation, photography,
sound recording, or filming:
- Limit the use of recordings and other methods of attracting
birds, and never use such methods in heavily birded areas, or for
attracting any species that is Threatened, Endangered, or of
Special Concern, or is rare in your local area.
- Keep well back from nests and nesting colonies, roosts,
display areas, and important feeding sites. In such sensitive
areas, if there is a need for extended observation, photography,
filming, or recording, try to use a blind or hide, and take
advantage of natural cover.
- Use artificial light sparingly for filming or photography,
especially for close-ups.
c) Before advertising the presence of a rare bird, evaluate the
potential for disturbance to the bird, its surroundings, and other
people in the area, and proceed only if access can be controlled,
disturbance minimized, and permission has been obtained from
private land-owners. The sites of rare nesting birds should be
divulged only to the proper conservation authorities.
d) Stay on roads, trails, and paths where they exist; other-
wise keep habitat disturbance to a minimum.
2. Respect the law, and the rights of others.
a) Do not enter private property without the owner’s explicit
permission.
b) Follow all laws, rules, and regulations gover-
ning use of roads and public areas, both at home
and abroad.
c) Practice common courtesy in contacts
with other people. Your exemplary behavior
Local store owner and Audubon member Jan
Anschuetz continues the program to reward
the Chapter when members shop at Nature’s
Focus. She’ll make a monthly donation of 10%
of all sales paid by cash or check and 5% of credit card pur-
chases. Just identify yourself as belonging to SPAS before
the purchase so she can keep a record for monthly totals.
(Sale and discounted items may not apply.)
Nature’s Focus is located within the Environmental Education
Center at the Brooker Creek Preserve, 3940 Keystone Road,
Clearwater. Phone 727-453-6959.
You’ll find something for nature lovers of all ages at Nature’s
Focus.
will generate goodwill with birders and non-birders alike.
3. Ensure that feeders, nest structures, and other artificial bird
environments are safe.
a) Keep dispensers, water, and food clean, and free of
decay or disease. It is important to feed birds continually
during harsh weather.
b) Maintain and clean nest structures regularly.
c) If you are attracting birds to an area, ensure the birds are
not exposed to predation from cats and other domestic animals,
or dangers posed by artificial hazards.
(To be continued in the October W ingSpan)
Purple Martin Roost Monitoring
Help is needed in conserving
roosting habitat for the Purple Martin
(Progne subis), a familiar species
that breeds in North America,
migrates through Mexico, Central
America and the Caribbean, and
winters in South America. Prior to
migration from North America Purple Martins form large
communal roosts where they sleep at night. These roosts are
usually associated with larger water bodies. Reed beds or
islands with low, thick brush are commonly used, but land
roosts can also form in clumps of trees in urban and suburban
settings. Martins also roost on man-made structures,
particularly bridges over water.
Regardless of their location or associated problems and/or
opportunities, martin roosts are critically important to the
annual life cycle and ecology of the species. The Purple
Martin Conservation Association (PMCA) has developed
Project MartinRoost to locate, protect and promote Purple
Martin roosts in North and South America. Project
MartinRoost relies on volunteers to verify and report martin
roosts via the PMCA web site at http://www.purple
martin.org/roost. Visit the web site for details on how you
can participate in Project MartinRoost.
Partnerships Offer Rewards
Alva Sholty, a SPAS member and Skipper of the Shell Key
Shuttle, generously provides the Shuttle to ferry us to Shell
Key for bird counts, work days, and much more.
Thanks, Captain Alva!
Shell Out
Shell Key Shuttle
$22/adult
& Sunset Cruises $11/child <13
MERRY PIER
801 Pass-A-Grille W ay Ž St. Pete Beach, Florida
727-360-1348
www.shellkeyshuttle.com
C aptain A lva S holty

HELP WANTED 2006-2007
by Maureen Arnold
The cooperative efforts of people like you and me make St.
Petersburg Audubon Society the well-known organization that
it is. We are making a difference in our local community
through education and conservation efforts and could use your
help in these areas for the coming year. Will you take a
chance and share some of your time?
Volunteer Coordinator - to keep track of volunteers and see
who is available to help at various times throughout the year
when the need arises.
Contact Maureen Arnold at 577-0448 or maureenarn@
earthlink.net
Sales & Marketing - We need someone to head up this area
to purchase and market SPAS items.
Contact Mauri Peterson at 398-4124 or maurip@aol.com.
Drawing Coordinator - needed to take charge of our monthly
drawing at our program meeting. Display the items and
conduct the drawing.
Contact Barb Howard if you’re interested, at 343-1272.
Hospitality - 3 or more members needed to share or split the
fun in the setup and manning of a food and beverage table at
our monthly meeting. (Budget is provided for this committee
to purchase food and supplies.)
Contact Barb Howard at b_howard2001@msn.com or
343- 1272.
Donation Seekers - Our annual December Conservation
Celebration silent auction fund-raiser is successful due to our
outgoing and friendly members willing to request donations
from the community. Does this describe you? If so, we need
your help to make our 2006 Celebration auction another huge
success!
Call Barb Howard to discuss donation ideas at 343-1272.
Gift Basket Creator - Creative gift basket maker needed for
our annual Conservation Celebration silent auction. We
supply the gifts, you supply the pizzazz.
Call Jeanne Murphy at 582-2461.
Scrapbook Keeper - Artsy Crafty person who can keep
adding items and photos taken at Audubon Events to our
scrapbook. The keeper of our history.
Contact Mauri Peterson at 398-4124 or maurip@aol.com.
Snippets from the 2006 Beach Nesting
Birds Season by Monique Abrams
The Good:
• The Madeira Beach Masonic Lodge chick-proofed
Corral worked great: only one chick found on the ground,
obviously “helped down” by a Laughing Gull.
• Avoided a “chick-a-boom war” at the Space Center, a
warehouse rental space in Clearwater with a very large
rooftop Least Tern colony. Tenants would take the
chick-a-boom in at night to protect it from the rain, not
realizing that the evening Audubon chick-checking patrol
needed it to return chicks to the roof. Fortunately, volun-
teers stepped in and built enough chick-a-booms for all!
• Beach surveys. Thanks to new volunteers, we can just
about cover all the beaches in Pinellas County simultane-
ously! In our mid-July survey, we determined the ratio of
juvenile to adult Least Terns, thus giving us an idea of their
nesting success: Not a good year.
• Volunteers got a surprise invitation from Janet Hyland
and Nora Busby, two members who read about our project
in the newsletter. They hosted a wonderful evening viewing
Least Terns, skimmers and oystercatchers nesting on the
roofs of their condo complex! What a treat!
• At the request of land managers, we started a Bird
Steward program: Volunteers posted at nesting beach
colonies to inform the public and make sure nobody disturbs
the birds. We covered Shell and
Egmont Keys during the Memo-
rial and July 4th weekends. The
program is funded by a $1000
c o lla b o ra t i v e g ra n t fro m
National/Florida Audubon.
• We documented several
skimmers successfully fledging
young on rooftops (very rare)!
The Bad:
• Our worst year ever for nesting on municipal beaches:
no skimmer colony on Sand Key.
• An early storm, Alberto, affected the nesting birds.
Fortunately, the bigger chicks survived and many of the
skimmers who lost their nests or young chicks re-nested
successfully. The Shell Key colony grew to several hundred
- a sight to be seen! Call the Shell Key Shuttle for info:
727-360-1348.
• More reports than ever of hawk predation on rooftops:
Red-Tailed Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks.
• Least Terns didn’t nest at the South Pasadena Resto-
ration site, but a pair of oystercatchers reared the chick they
hatched on a nearby roof there.
• Not a good year for Least Terns in South County: fewer
rooftop colonies, no decent ground nesting colonies.
We thank all the volunteers who helped in any way.
We thank the tenants and owners of buildings with a
rooftop colony for accepting the nesting birds. And we
thank all the land managers of beaches where the birds nest
for their efforts to protect them!
 zations, contributing a portion of sales at their Nature’s Focus
Remembering Dear Friends stores to these groups.
For those so inclined, in lieu of flowers Jan has
The “Celebration of Life Service” for Dave Anschuetz at suggested memorial contributions to any of the following:
First United Methodist Church of Gulfport was a warm, * The environmental organization of your choice;
personal and loving tribute to a man of constant good humor * Hospice of the Florida Suncoast (“Angels on Earth” says
and compassion, a caring custodian of this earth and all God's Jan); or
creations. Please give your friendship and support to Jan * Operation Attack (Lakeview Presbyterian program
Anschuetz, as she has lost her best friend and life’s love. providing social services to the poor).
Dave and Jan have been stalwart supporters of St.
Petersburg Audubon and other local environmental organi-

Chapter Representatives
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President: Mauri Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727-398-4124 US POSTAGE
Vice President: Maureen Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577-0448
Treasurer: Rick Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822-9637
P.O. Box 49087
St. Petersburg, FL 33743-9087
PAID
Secretary: Robbie Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526-1292 St Petersburg, FL
http://stpeteaudubon.org
Field Trips: Mauri Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398-4124 Permit #6340
727-384-0027
Conservation: Dave Kandz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471-0699
Education: Harold Albers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864-1113
Membership: Maureen Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577-0448
Publicity: Dave Kandz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471-0699
Ways & Means: Rick Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822-9637
Programs: Barb Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343-1272
Special Events: Wanda Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321-3995
Neighborhood Outreach: Barb Zias . . . . . . . . . 521-4997
Least Tern Project: Monique Abrams . . . . . . . . 230-0732
Volunteer Coordinator: OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544-4443
Shell Key: Barb Ranck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374-7039
Editor: Suzanne Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813-287-8709

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Audubon Assembly 2006 assembly.html. and mail or fax it in today! Or contact Vicky
October 19-21 C Cocoa Beach Johnston at 305-371-6399 ext. 134 to have a registration
form mailed to you.
Book hotel accommodations directly with the Holiday
Audubon Assembly Goes to the Beach! Inn, and take advantage of the special rate for Audubon
Assembly participants. Oceanfront rooms are available at
Relax and enjoy the casual, beachfront atmosphere of the additional cost.
Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Resort. Join Audubon Volunteers are needed! Please join Audubon staff by
of Florida for engaging programs that highlight Florida’s volunteering a few hours during this exciting weekend.
coastal environments and issues that affect their wellbeing. Contact Jacqui Sulek, 850-251-1297, with your availability.
Get inspired and sharpen skills for advocating for birds and Casual attire, please. Meeting rooms can be cool, so
their protection. Hear scientists share insights on global bring a wrap to the sessions. For field trips, bring your
warming and its consequences for Florida's extensive coastal sunscreen, hat, and plenty of liquids. The beach is right
areas. Collaborate with other environmentalists and birders outside, so have bathing suit and towel handy.
from across the region to shape policies and take an active
part in saving our birds, wildlife, and habitats. Enjoy one of
Florida’s best beaches while you catch up with friends,
colleagues, and fellow Audubon members. Field trips will
take in some of Florida’s birding hot spots, so don’t forget
the binoculars!
Register by September 27th and pay only $99 for all
receptions, meals, programs, workshops, and even a movie.
(After September 27th, this all-inclusive package is $125.)
Conference costs are underwritten by Audubon of Florida to
keep participants’ costs to a minimum, so make plans NOW
to attend! Find more information and download the registra- Ruddy Turnstone by R.J. Wiley