A pair of Merlins has been calling and flying about in my neighborhood this morning.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, my family prefers that no birders show up unannounced on our property, at least for a while. Please email or call ahead if you plan to check out birds in our yard. I've let my feeders go dry for a week because suddenly crows and starlings got out of control, but am going to fill them today in anticipation of enjoying a good sparrow migration. Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Producer, "For the Birds" radio program <http://www.lauraerickson.com/> 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 (and, I might add, a Democrat after the Republican).
