On beaches across the North Fork piping plovers are beginning to hatch, and the North Fork Audubon Society wants everyone to know they’re out there and to be careful not to disturb their nests.
The chicks are hatching this week, Jennifer Murray of the society said, and people need to be careful when they walk on beaches, and respect the signs and fencing around nesting areas.
In particular, she said, it’s important to keep dogs leashed and, if they need to run, take them to dog-friendly parks and not to beaches where there are nesting areas.
Plover chicks, Ms. Murray said, “don’t fly until they are about a month old and their defense against predators is to just hunker down and look like a rock, and they can get stepped on.”
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Volkonski wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 5:19 pm
Now that the rain has stopped the lawnmowers are back.
Just curious. Doesn't your grass get cut too? Maybe you could all decide on the same day/time to cut the grass. And I'd MUCH rather hear a lawnmower than a leaf blower.
The Polish Town Festival has been cancelled again this year.
By the time the organizers decided that the pandemic would be sufficiently under control it was too late to get everything done by August. You don't just conjure up tons of kielbasa in a few weeks time.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Beautiful morning. Sun is shining. Birds are singing. Had rain last night so grass is still too wet to mow.
Yesterday evening we went out with some of Mrs. V's cousins to celebrate the birthday of the Russian wife of the cousin who lives on the Circle.
We went to the nearby historic Jeddidiah Hawkins Inn. Masks were required until you were seated. The 8 of us had a whole room to ourselves. Servers were always masked.
Spent too much but that inn is a once a year guilty pleasure.
New York seeing very low Covid positivity rates and hospitalizations.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Have you starting composing your Lawnmower Symphony yet? It sounds (pun intended) as if you are getting lots of inspiration. Each mower must have a different tone and rhythm. The movements could be:
1st: Riding Mower Driven by NASCAR driver
2nd: Push Reel Mower Four Reels
3rd: Self-propelled Mower
4th: Any Teenager Anywhere Mowing A Lawn
"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
Listening to a lawnmower when you sit at a fixed point you hear the doppler shift of the pitch of the sound change depending on whether the mower is getting closer or moving away.
Also the loudness varies as the mower goes behind buildings or other sound absorbing objects.
When the clippings bag needs to be emptied there is a sudden temporay quiet during which you can again hear the birds and the distant traffic.
Charles Ives could have done something with all that.
Try listening to his "Fouth of July" where he includes all sorts of music and sounds from a late 19th century small New England town's celebration.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Volkonski wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 12:29 pm
That could be interesting.
Listening to a lawnmower when you sit at a fixed point you hear the doppler shift of the pitch of the sound change depending on whether the mower is getting closer or moving away.
Also the loudness varies as the mower goes behind buildings or other sound absorbing objects.
When the clippings bag needs to be emptied there is a sudden temporay quiet during which you can again hear the birds and the distant traffic.
Charles Ives could have done something with all that.
I have a train track near my place. And there are auxiliary tracks less than a quarter mile away for shifting rail cars. So, occasionally, these freight trains have to shift cars -- they come forward, stop, then back-up. Repeat, rinse. The locomotives sound like music.
Hope there is a warm towel waiting for him 
