We mow a lot of area. When I see moths, grasshoppers, bees etc I try to wait
until they move but I am well aware I kill Many while mowing. This weekend I
was helping weed a flower garden and was sitting right next to a grasshopper
that couldn't fly. I'll bet one of us hit it with a mower. I feel very sad and
guilty.
Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
www.WilsonsWarbler.com
On Jul 22, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote:
Hi all,
Yesterday I posted about the moth week but did not emphasize on this talk on
this Thursday 24 June from 6.30 pm to 7.30 by Dr. Jason Dombroskie on New
York State Moths at Borg Warner Room of Tompkins County Public Library.
According to me it is a must talk for all bird lovers. Jason is very
knowledgeable and entertaining.
There are studies showing dramatic decline in insect-eating-bird population due
to a new class of pesticides.
An example is
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/pesticide-contaminating-prairie-wetlands-scientist-1.2482082
A Saskatchewan researcher says many wetlands across the prairies are being
contaminated by a relatively new pesticide that is threatening the ecosystem.
Saturday day I was using the Roundup to kill some plants on my porch. I did try
to scare away all the grasshoppers and other insects from the patch, but
somehow one baby cricket got left in the patch and as I sprayed the plants a
little bit of fell on it. It started writhing and acting weird. So I stopped
immediately and ran inside the house to get some water to clean it off of the
round up. But by the time I came back, in less than a minute the insect was
dead! I poured water on it hoping it would revive, but to no avail. So now I
have vowed myself that I will never use the roundup ever again in my life
again! If I have to pull each and every weed I will do so. Those are nasty
things. I would have not minded if I saw a catbird catch it for its babies!
So be cautious of what you are using!
Meena
Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://haribal.org/
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
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