State authorities have cited an worker with the town’s Department of Water Management over the deaths of dozens of protected birds at a water filtration plant in South Shore. Elmer Payton, an engineer on the Eugene Sawyer Water Purification Plant close to Rainbow Beach, was cited with killing a non-game migratory hen and illegal destruction of nests and eggs of a non-game migratory hen in reference to the June 27 incident, in line with Rachel Torbert, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Torbert stated the company started investigating when a co-worker on the plant reported that Payton had destroyed nests and killed practically 40 cliff swallows and barn swallows. Payton wasn’t arrested
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Handy on the wing: Europe’s footballing birds
From the Bluebirds of Cardiff City to the Woodpeckers of Ascoli, UEFA.com surveys the feathered friends which have inspired European football clubs.BluebirdsCardiff City (ENG)Bluebirds, it should be noted, are not native to South Wales, with the club's nickname deriving from the colour of their shirts and the swallow on their badge.Blue PigeonsSpartak Subotica (SRB)The Subotica side were named in honour of the colour of their shirts, the blue-grey shade being known as pigeon blue in Serbia. Local fans liked the symbolism of the common bird too, inspired by the thought of their club flying high in the sky. Incidentally, th... UEFA.com - News