Reply #83: An action if you want

[rucognizant]

Small local but..............I saw an article in the Burlington County Times a month ago, about a woman in Edgewater Park, NJ, who had planted wildflowers in her yard for the birds bees, & butterflies. Like you she was certified by the Audubon Society. The Town is fining her & driving her to "GET A LAWN" like "normal Good murikans. ( Sorry I didn't bookmark the article and save it Now I can't find it But if you would like to write as I did, here's the link to the Township officials. http://edgewaterpark-nj.com/edgewater_park_township_official_website_2006_005.htm

I myself was driven out of NJ 16 years ago by high taxes..............at that time my neighbors were removing the acid loving Pine Barrens vegetation and landscaping with turf, impatiens, and those dreadful Australian Pines that die in NJ!
Now in coastel Maone, I have had a wealth of birds....until this year. And the wildflowers in the yard have really taken off. ( I have been trying for 16 years to get something more than goldenrod, thistles and daisies. The sewer construction changed the soil ph I guess because the wildflower seed finally came up!

To be sure I rescued a lost cat,2 years ago; but he is smart, and so grateful for a good loving home, that he appears to be trainable in that respect. "No birds". However there is a rather nasty stray who hangs around, so I stopped feeding the birds except for one feeder close into the house. That may be why the cardinal family left, but them they have only been here for 5 years........It doesn't explain why the great blue heron family is NOT fishing in the tidal stream out back for the first time in 16 years! Or the loss of the mourning doves & finches!
BTW. DO you mind if I use those beautiful pix of the indigo bunting for reference? I saw one for the first time in my 68 years earlier this summer at my feeder.
It happened so fast I didn't get my camera. And I guess it wa just traveling though because I only saw it twice. What a breathtaking moment!