Kestrels have big compound eyes that can see ultraviolet light, identifying the trail of urine from a mouse--all the better for the wire hawk to swoop down and come in for the kill. Insectivores, the purple martins have such good eyesight and agile flight patterns that they catch bugs in mid-air.
This post had/has me on the edge of my seat, heart in my throat. Thanks for sharing the land where you live, Mary, where there is "a good start." What will our kind choose? Can we learn to see more clearly, widely and wisely?
I hope we can. Chris is helping ignite an interest in transforming the landscape. He has brought the water issue to the public in an intelligent, informative way.
REALLY good, Mary. It is so encouraging to see a whole community embracing a land ethic that does not destroy the environment. With care for those in poverty and wholehearted support for the birds. Let there be light!
Chris is carrying the message, the rest of us have to take action. It’s very difficult when the iowa farm bureau owns the state and the legislature. We are captive to industrial agri business unless we can convince the rest of Iowa that we deserve clean water and a lifestyle that protects us from cancer causing chemicals.
Jones is so right AND it’s the entire food system. It’s not just the outputs (i.e. nutrients) that are the problem. It’s also the wasteful misuse of acres for monocultures, pesticides, and hydrologic alterations that a causing death by a thousand cuts. https://www.3billionbirds.org/
It seems like Chris Jones was preaching to the choir. It encourages me that there is a choir; I only wish it were larger.
Yes, we have to grow the choir!
This post had/has me on the edge of my seat, heart in my throat. Thanks for sharing the land where you live, Mary, where there is "a good start." What will our kind choose? Can we learn to see more clearly, widely and wisely?
I hope we can. Chris is helping ignite an interest in transforming the landscape. He has brought the water issue to the public in an intelligent, informative way.
Thanking Chris and you and all who are bringing their knowledge and talents to bear.
REALLY good, Mary. It is so encouraging to see a whole community embracing a land ethic that does not destroy the environment. With care for those in poverty and wholehearted support for the birds. Let there be light!
If only more thought as the Amish. You are always enlightening.
Yes, THIS! 💖
Perfect post today to read with Larry Stone's Listening to the Land "Land, Love Language" Substack. YES, grow the choir!
Let's all sing together 🎶 "A Place in the Choir" by Bill Staines!
Chris is carrying the message, the rest of us have to take action. It’s very difficult when the iowa farm bureau owns the state and the legislature. We are captive to industrial agri business unless we can convince the rest of Iowa that we deserve clean water and a lifestyle that protects us from cancer causing chemicals.
Jones is so right AND it’s the entire food system. It’s not just the outputs (i.e. nutrients) that are the problem. It’s also the wasteful misuse of acres for monocultures, pesticides, and hydrologic alterations that a causing death by a thousand cuts. https://www.3billionbirds.org/