Since the first inhabitants of this fertile part of the New World, Californians have relied on the splendid variety of bird and animal life for food. When the Spaniards, Russians, and Americans stepped onto California’s shores, it seemed like Paradise. But then settlers began to exploit the natural riches and greed took over, just like they butchered bison in the Midwest. Lucky for the life of birds, they continued to multiply until fertilizers and other poisons took their to