Right. A lawnmower-free future lies ahead. Gardens, groves and meadows will replace them. Let's hope it's sooner rather than later. Why not create more bird, butterfly and general critter habitat? So heartening to hear the sounds of the natural world.
Regi "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky. > On Jul 31, 2016, at 10:42 AM, marsha kardon <mfkar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The drought is terrible in most ways but there is one thing I appreciate > about it. I can eat dinner on my screened porch, or walk around in my garden > without hearing lawn mowers! My neighborhood has many HUGE lawns and most > summers it is unusual to be outside without hearing at least one, often more. > The quietness is wonderful! > >> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> …on rural Lansing Station Rd by Cayuga Lake. Mostly nature sounds and no >> lake-enhanced human voices, lawn mowers or motor boats, as I enjoy my coffee >> on the screened part of the back deck that is surrounded by huge oak >> branches! It is truly a tree house. >> >> >> >> The local Common Loon uttered its haunting cry a couple times right here at >> #535; yesterday it was up north by Milliken Point. >> >> A male Rose Breasted Grosbeak had a standoff with a Blue Jay on the perch of >> my squirrel-proof sunflower feeder and won. >> >> >> >> A mother BC Chickadee finally seems to have taught its juvenile how to get >> seeds from this feeder on the open part of my deck. Yesterday I saw her >> laboriously peck open a seed and feed the contents to the baby, who then >> turned around and seemed to get its own seed. The A. Goldfinch gang is on >> the Nyjer seed feeder as usual, and the Mo Does are cooing on the platform >> feeder in the yard, often joined by C. Grackles. >> >> >> >> The Downy Woodpecker is pecking the wooden trim on my house (sigh) between >> getting seeds. Its relatives, the Red Bellied and the Hairy fly in now and >> then. The Tufted Titmouse family zooms in too and the Carolina Wren is >> calling nearby. Somebody flew out from my front porch ceiling bird nest >> basket area when I went out there earlier – a late nest? >> >> >> >> The quiet continues at 10:20, a nice interlude in the usual noisy hum of >> human motors and activities. >> >> >> >> >> >> Donna L. Scott >> >> 535 Lansing Station Road >> >> Lansing >> >> >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
