[mou] Re: [mnbird] Sax Zim thought
Laura Erickson
bluejay@lauraerickson.com
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:16:36 -0600
Shaun's comments about wearing binoculars into restaurants and gas
stations, and also trying to boost the local economy in the Sax-Zim area
are very important. And there's more than one reason to let locals know
you're a birder. Not only can we give people a good impression of us, and
let them know that it's in their own self-interest to maintain bird
habitat, but also we can get good tips about where birds are. Once when I
was in the grocery store in Meadowlands, and mentioned to the cashier that
I was there birding, she told me about a Great Gray Owl that had been
frequenting her property, and gave me precise directions. And several
times when I've been in the gas/station-coffee shop, people sitting around
have started asking questions and telling their own owl stories. It's a
great way to build bridges that will help us all in the long run. And it's
good for the birds as well.
Laura Erickson
Duluth, MN
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There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of
birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of
nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.
--Rachel Carson