December 2005 - Tower - Page 11
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Sounds of Nature are becoming ever more rare in our world. Songbird population has steadily declined, as development has robbed them of their habitat and insecticides and pollutants often poison them.
It is still a special treat to hear wild geese overhead on their spring and fall migrations. And it's wonderful when one succeeds in spotting them, and we can rejoice in their jubilant calls. An owl has lived in my neighborhood for several years. We hear his haunting cry at dusk, during the night and at dawn, but we've never caught sight of him. I think he may drink out of a pan of water I keep filled in the backyard.
Semi-wild fowl enjoy our area. Fox Hill has its resident population of "wild" turkeys while Lake Maury is home to a large gaggle of Canada Geese. Snowy egrets once roosted in a neighborhood, with mixed reactions from the humans!
Today it is very sad that beautiful innocent birds on their world-wide migratory routes are capable of spreading the Avian Flu virus. Also tragic is the destroying of whole flocks of supposedly infected birds and chickens. It seems wasteful but it is necessary.
Dear Lord, we pray that we can contain this terrible bird virus, and that God will spare His people from a world-wide epidemic.
"By the streams the birds of the air have their habitations; they sing among the branches." Psalm 104:12
P.S. Please remember to put out feed for the birds this winter, and water too.
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