4/12/10 A NEW BIRD FOR FOR THE ROOST?

THE "MOTHER OF BIRDS"

EMPTY WHITE PINE CONE
FIVE NEEDLES TO A BUNDLE

Monday, 8:00 AM. 42 degrees, wind SW, calm. The sky is mostly overcast and the barometer is down, predicting the same. We need rain badly.
The big white pine is in the Carlson’s yard, just east of our garden. I call it “the mother of birds,” as many, many birds nest and roost in it. Its’ last year’s empty cones have fallen. Note the needles in bundles of five.
Yesterday, just as we turned south on Hwy 13 from Tenth St., a hen turkey ran in front of the truck and into the woods which is just to the south of our house. It was impossible to get a photo. This is the first time I have seen turkeys north of Hwy 2, which is twenty miles south of Bay field. I am elated, and hope to see turkeys roosting in “the mother of birds.”