I have to agree with Wirt on this. Recently I have heard the cry of
hawks in town. Something I can never recall as a kid. Since I grew up
both in the country and in town (small town), the cries of different
birds was something of a game with my brothers and me.

There does seem to be a proliferation of wild life that we just didn't
see in town before. Raccoons, hawks and deer to mention a few. Coyotes
seem to be getting more numerous in the country side also.


Matthew Perdue wrote:
> Quoting Reid E. Baxter:
>
> The exact same thing has been occurring at my house for the past three
> weeks. The bird ( I'm no Avian expert, but is is [sic] red breasted)
> incessantly flys [sic] into one of our windows until we open the blinds
> every morning.
> ----------
> These events remind me of the story (or movie of the same name) "Silent
> Spring" in which all the birds were dead and there were no sounds of Spring,
> except these events are polar opposite. Instead of a "silent Spring" we have
> the birds "breast bumping" against windows all over the country.
>
> As in "Silent Spring" is the collective avian mind (yes, nee bird brain...)
> trying to send us a message? If so, what is it? In my case with the bird
> thumping the window only when the food has run out, I think it's "feed me" -
> in Reid's case it's "open the blinds."
>
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We're getting more and more Puma sightings in northern MN and WI. One
theory is that they're following the deer, which are very abundant.

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions




At 01:08 PM 4/21/08 -0400, Dave wrote:
>I have to agree with Wirt on this. Recently I have heard the cry of hawks
>in town. Something I can never recall as a kid. Since I grew up both in
>the country and in town (small town), the cries of different birds was
>something of a game with my brothers and me.
>
>There does seem to be a proliferation of wild life that we just didn't see
>in town before. Raccoons, hawks and deer to mention a few. Coyotes seem to
>be getting more numerous in the country side also.
>
>
>Matthew Perdue wrote:
>>Quoting Reid E. Baxter:
>>
>> The exact same thing has been occurring at my house for the past three
>>weeks. The bird ( I'm no Avian expert, but is is [sic] red breasted)
>>incessantly flys [sic] into one of our windows until we open the blinds
>>every morning.
>>----------
>>These events remind me of the story (or movie of the same name) "Silent
>>Spring" in which all the birds were dead and there were no sounds of Spring,
>>except these events are polar opposite. Instead of a "silent Spring" we have
>>the birds "breast bumping" against windows all over the country.
>>
>>As in "Silent Spring" is the collective avian mind (yes, nee bird brain...)
>>trying to send us a message? If so, what is it? In my case with the bird
>>thumping the window only when the food has run out, I think it's "feed me" -
>>in Reid's case it's "open the blinds."
>>
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