tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post41887401751729539..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Year of the BirdJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-77843482883748659492018-02-11T15:59:58.549-05:002018-02-11T15:59:58.549-05:00Jim, I'm not as big a birder as you are, but I...Jim, I'm not as big a birder as you are, but I always keep three or more bird feeders filled and I put suet out in a suet container hung out of reach of anything other than birds. I also visited the Cornell ornithology lab some years ago, too. I leave my dead flower heads up all fall and winter long for those birds who feast on flower seeds. I also keep up two hummingbird feeders. I don't use Roundup or any chemical for killing weeds, either. If I see some poison ivy popping up in my gardens from seeds dropped by birds, I put my hand in an empty bread bag, pull it up and toss it in my garbage can. And as you may already know, I have a canary named Pavarotti who loves broccoli, and two old male African ring neck doves given to me years and years ago by a friend of my sisters for my classroom. Three days later the principal said they had to go, and they've lived on for fifteen to twenty years now in my laundry room. I love the different sounds they make - sometimes cooing and sometimes a laughing sound. <br /><br />I hope you have a wonderful time on your tripGloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-79865159433575511732018-02-11T15:35:05.097-05:002018-02-11T15:35:05.097-05:00We're responsible for continued survival of bi...We're responsible for continued survival of birds, bees, and butterflies. I plant milkweed and other plants for butterflies, provide seed and water for birds, and leave underbrush for winter protection. Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-17446390218521135942018-02-11T13:01:25.338-05:002018-02-11T13:01:25.338-05:00I hope you get to see wonderful birds in your trav...I hope you get to see wonderful birds in your travels to the ends of the earth, Jim. <br /><br />I so enjoy watching birds, especially the humming birds that come to our feeder. The surprising thing is that if we haven't put the feeder out for the season, they fly around looking for it. I particularly love watching sea birds while at sea. They never cease to amaze me that they can survive so far from land. Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-13178421183710270172018-02-11T11:30:19.910-05:002018-02-11T11:30:19.910-05:00I'm always amazed by how much we don't kno...I'm always amazed by how much we don't know about things we do to the environment, yet we continue full-force ahead with so many new chemicals, procedures and methods. Dump that plastic waste into the sea! The sea is big; what can it hurt?<br /><br />Sometimes we stop and take stock of problems we've created (like with DDT) but we continue to maintain that what we do will have minimal impact. We are just beginning to admit that fracking may cause earthquakes and groundwater contamination, yet we continue to expand it.<br /><br />If you look at some very old National Geographics, the chemical companies are advertising toxic chemicals, proclaiming "Better Living by Chemistry!" When I was a kid, many of us played in the insecticide spray from trucks dispatched to spray for mosquitos. After all, it only killed bugs, and didn't hurt people at all. Or so we thought. KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.com