Hi! Laura, Thanks for sharing this. I am sure Hugh will post when he has time.
My guess is that the flys are enjoying some good life supporting energy. We note this with also Towers of Power, Kites etc. Sheep and cattle will go out of their way to camp close to them and to rub on them. It seems that wooden rails are best to protect them, rather than the wire fences used in Oz. Kangaroos have a habit of a siesta in the afternoon heat (very civilized!). On Dean Gentlin's BD farm, he has four or five "towers", the largest in sight of the house. Most afternoons, there is an extended family of 'Roos resting around it. Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A few days ago I walked a friend back to "meet" my new field broadcaster. > It was a warm,humid day threatening rain. At his first glance he said , > "wow look at that ". Now I like my FB but I didn't really think it should > generate that response. What he was looking at was a formation of small > flies. They were massing in a frenzy directly in line with the top cap of > the broadcaster. The "tower" of bugs went up as far as I could see. > Laura Sabourin > Feast of Fields Inc > Demeter Certified Vineyard & Farm http://www.ragdolls.net/vineyard.htm > Ragenesque Ragdoll Cattery http://www.ragdolls.net/ragenesq.htm > R R # 1 > St Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P7
