PHOTO BY Bill FAVtft
ONE OF THE SCENES we expect at the beach is a gull flying against a blue-sky background.
Enjoy The 'Open Environments'
BY BILL FAVER fish in sharp talons. Perhaps we'll sec them shake their
There is a great advantage to "open environments" bodies to remove water before heading homeward
such as pasturelands, marshes, prairies, mountaintops, with the fish carried head-forward beneath them.
and large bodies of water. A great We also may see one of the vultures soaring high
advantage, that is, if you enjoy over the mainland, with their V-shaped wingspan giv
sccnic vistas and observing ex- ing them away. It may be the warm spring day and the
panscs of sky in search of flying gentle breezes they enjoy, or they may be gaining
birds. Our beaches provide us height to spot a road kill or other carrion on which to
these special areas where we can feed.
look for pelicans, gulls, terns, os- We'll surely find some gulls circling higher and
prey, ganncts and many other higher and then gliding down to earth as we offer them
birds. some bread scraps or other enticements. One of the ex
Wuh the coming of spring, we pected scenes at the beach is that of a gull flying
can look for many of those birds in against the blue sky.
faver sky. The whistles of osprey call We may expect to find the smaller birds, such as
attention to their nesting and feeding and we'll soon warblers, wrens, sparrows, and other songbirds among
see them attempting to teach their young to dive for the shrubs and along the margins of field and forests,
food. But in the open environments, these larger birds arc
We can enjoy ucir circling overhead as they soar on easy to find and a thrill to see, no matter how many
the updrafts and their plummeting seaward to grasp a times we .see them.
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'Danny' Thanked For Assistance
To the editor.
My husband and I were staying in
your area last month. On our first
Sunday there we left our hotel to
drive around and view the area. Our
car began to steam at a crossroad
about ten miles from our hotel.
We pulled off the road into the
parking lot of a mini-market. A
young mari who was putting gas into
his car ran over and offered to help.
Due to his efforts and with the
help of his friend, we were able to
drive back to the hotel and call our
travel club. The only name we can
put to this young man is "Danny."
His license plate read "Danny's
Cutlass."
Please thank him again for us. He
gave us true Southern hospitality.
Mrs. Robert Durham
Walnut, Illinois
Enjoys Quotes
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I enjoy reading the quotations in
the Beacons "Worth Repeating"
section. They have been wise, hu
morous and thought-provoking.
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To the editor:
In trying to sell our home here,
your fine newspaper and great re
porting and columnists are our very
helpful and positive hold on moving
to the Shallottc community.
We really thank you for all the
updated information that generally
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We would love to start building
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has' arrived, bringing with him the
promise of hours of entertainment.
No, not robins, or bluebirds or any
of a thousand insects. They've been
here all year. When this fellow
shows up, you can be sure spring
has arrived.
Last year we almost blew it.
When the ruby-throated humming
birds began their flight back from
South and Central America, we
were not ready.
The local "scout" appeared and
found us lacking. He buzzed the
usual hang-out, saw nothing of inter
est and vamoosed. That was in late
March, early April. While my sisters
had plenty of hummers at their feed
ers, we didn't see another one until
at least June. Then all of a sudden
the feeder was popular again and
hummers were all over, buzzing
flower pots and flower beds when
they weren't hovering at the feeder.
(We heard a nearby subdivision had
a bumper crop of hummers last year;
this may have been the overflow.)
This year we were ready. We re
placed last year's feeder (plastic, it
had experienced slight melt-down)
and filled the new one with home
made solution.
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hanging a window box beneath the
kitchen window. The hummers'
feeder hangs outside this same win
dow; they don't seem to mind the
clatter of dishes after the first day or
two.
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ducked as the scout skimmed our
heads in a curving path that brought
him close to the feeder. Vr-o-o-m!
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Next morning, an inch of solution
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