'l'he Normar. P.ird--A Flyer November 76 Hi! Co::,h, winter is coming down on ua fa.star than the r,alendar al lows! Al tho there nas been a. wee dusting of frol3t along the t.rails a hardy butter "n egg p1~t still snuggles closo to a 1.ral',,1 stone wall. The fie1de are dusted with th-2 fl eathet·y seed pods of the lowly lavender asters. SmA1 l fruit trP,eS are J ,ltl:.ed ._.;th th~ free~e dried fruit for win ter feeding, while the rustle of 1 e:tvcs under foot is e>nti.rely sat.ief.:lctoz-y. '!'he tassle s~edc of pa.Mpas gr,lS8 i. ,3 si]v·er in the SWl-- a lovely q,uiumn graceful beauty. 'I'wo u!'lys a.fter a. killing fr~nt, , Fearless Leader .aought.,a.na found, son1e crickets who will a.ppear r,n •r. V. ( Cfrumcl }6. JA.n. '77) where they wi 11 ciccura.tely tell the tem:pe.ra.ture. t!ntlt:ir the 'J''f lights it should be hot! One counts the chirps per min-..;te, ;..dd a mystJ.ca.1 munber, and voila! the temp. i.n Fa.hrenhe1t. Now we await the the flr:Jt sn,,w stc,rm to tell us thP. nurr1ber of storms we shall have. "'~hoy'' say tf it snows fLrst on the 10th, ten storms: on the :>Sth,28 sto.nus, etc. "'Pl~ alr.o ~aid the ponds must be full before it freezes. If lha. t in :!O we sh:-'sl l l'!.<1.ve .::. 1 ot cf rain beforo we use 01..r. skates! ~: oi-1e other folklore sit9)6 of i:i. r.01-1&, wnter ctre : when tree leaves faJl lai.e--a lat~: frost-- t..,,o frosts cl0i:ie togethi:J.r-- a long hot S'ATnmer--i.f the husks on nuts 13-r:J cor.n groi,,· thkk a.wl tigirt--ro11 ing thw1dt>r in the f .::i.11 ! Where werE: ycu wt,en o,,r TH!and "'''",S bcrnbf'd by elec trir.i ty las1. •r.onth? Geese :n.ve bet:-n F.een f1yine over, early, an.1 in (';rea.ter numberi:, than in othei· j,1:1ars. 0ne hue,-c njcht of P-lu~n, very .rarP to r,ative eyes. ?.jmply loaJs of ~hin-strapped 1~anadas (spedal loves th,tnkfl to l3.et yea:r•~• giJT1py legged f.,1.l.1 ; • -~ n.a1 e (COO'H) is a gander, a female is a goose, a baby is a gosl ini;. Got':':s~ jn a eroup on U,e g-round ar:e a g:.ggle,on the w::i.ter-a raft, ::mJ. in thli sky n F;Jiein . !Jnlike ducl::B ,~ swans, geese hRve teat h--or did yoH know al1 that·: . i:oi:?·ection please. The next c,<:llpse uf the ~un will be on February 26th ' next. 'f'he error wa.s tlue io misinforrriation from :iadi.o (~it~, , NY. MaybP. they r.cant that t.here woul,.iu't be P...rJ ec1jpee visible f.com Ha.dio Gity until ?100 . •.:.'he next ono will be viRiblE> from Hudson's :Bay. If you plan to go. Long Johns ai·e ln order---1:wo pa1.r to be safe. -!! * * liow do you feel about nuC;lear powe:r'~ ::)o you wan~ to spoak to the U.S. AgP.ncy whtr.h ha.n ill tninti nu <.:1ear plants in Cha:rliJatwon n.I? Tf you clo so wish, c~ll Mrs •• T.H. ·;)ohtrrty 046-3'J37. Keep a.t it---she's a busy gal. Or pir:k up your :ippli.:-ation blank At 'r>hfi .P.a.rn Museum~ Why our Government s1.c;endes per-Rist in sti~king with nu~1 ea!' power--fission--when there's not onG plant in our countrJ tha1, funclions .:1t over: 10'.6 capacity without crackinc,;, .snrl wh~r. f.'ussion is aafP., clean and chQo.per, ls beyonri under atandincs! ( l~isn1oll is the breaking down of at,orns, len.ving energ;y and a re- 8iduP tr,~t ls radi.o active fo . 250,000 yea.rs. plus oLher lhings llke "hot 13ites. · li'\zs~ion biriJs a.t oms together- leavinL; enurB:Y·, hydrogen and OY.ygen!) i'td. yo-.:.. noii u tlurjng t.he 1 ast political campait"tn.:- not onP major ca.ndid- "' P. mentionf!d ''(~tiergy"? Tf WR i.@"lore it too, ,fo you su11pose 1t will go '::'he e1.rie fa r-..11110s t finished. It lacY.s only i ta poin ly roof and a door. Then m,•ti ~ hA.wk~i will be released from the.i r jf'ssen 3.J'ld in the big cage they r.a.n, at le':lst hor, <;.nd flap about :'l. bJ. t. F..a.r.h one ha..'l a brokeu wi.ng--shot by :r.eople wh,, havo nothing bett~r to do. Anywa.y, the cage wi 11 be better th,ui being ti.ed to a f.:turnp.IJa.wks are panaeriues--si tt.ing· birds. They fly to hunt. In a ft"W Wf'eks wt> shall be dige-ing & p~u.ring th•~ floor of the uew b yo•;, get down hill into the woods it ja simrly lovely! All your sonse~ come ali_ve. ',-/hen you oxerdse your corpusdt:licious, you feel W'ell, think W'ell and look we11.Re :ne:nber th~ /,ruh.ic sayi.nee "~·~vfiry roan has t ... ,i" doctors, his right foot a:nd his left." Put ,)ne in front of the other for a mi le or two. "!i ''-·oncierful ! .w, * "" '?'here are dto•ad loons by I.he hundreds aong the E.hores ()f LakF.> Michigan. Jt is the su?-5011 of •·water t1.,rn" when the cold air temperai.\1r.,~s from thf• ncrth ch1 lla t.he warm water OH the lake HU.l'facc and causes it to sink. This fnrcP~ th£· wa11ner w::.t,,r underneath the surface to rio,1, bringing up wtth it all the poi.sons nf l,bE; l~ke. In this cast!' they include arsenic,Mercnry, leA.d etc.It may ea.8ily be this that ha:1 kllled the loons.:itill humane d-ink it! . * * * ·1'eregril1 falcons have been successfully .t.•aared front ~gga,and the y01.a.g ones h;ive been 1:P.t1.1rnetl to th(' wild. Al tho their homP. was in Montana., where and whNl t hf:!y are released is kept a. se~ret, told to no one. Some• people like to pl.ink rind plunk ;,,ith g:ms. * * * Her.-•1:?mb,. r th1.J H1'.!reford c:i.ttlt:- that recflivcd nuclel'l.r fallout in N.M. back in the 50!3 when '-'t~ tE>s ted 0U1: bombs the-re'? 'Phey turned gr~y .t·etnemb,,r? They, their off spring antl thE>ir l'>ff sprir-,gs of'f spr:ings have been studled Md disected to de termine abno1.ma1ities. Noni:; hnve been fo~1d Jn lo! tht:-ae many goneraiion::;. Ji, was fc-arf.:d that bovine-oids would a.ppe::1.r. NorJe h:i.s. Incid~:1tally, the chlldren ,:,f th~: fSH:y onitD \o/8':"e the far1iiliar red-brown an~ white

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