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A Touch Of Nature
March 1, 2005 Issue

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What's Happening Here at Bluebird Cove
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We have had a mouse in the garage in the past and have let it there to entertain our cats. They never catch him since there is plenty of cover against all walls for the mouse to hide. It sure kept the kitties interested, but we would humanely trap it and release it a few miles from here. I always know if there's one there when the cats want to spend some time out there. So a couple weeks ago, we put the trap out again and in a day we had a cute little deer mouse in it. Here's a link to a picture of a deer mouse: http://www.sgnhs.org/mouse.html

I knew he'd been there for awhile since the cracked corn bag continually had a little hole chewed in it. I would tape it and a few days later it would have a new hole.

The problem we had with this little guy was that it was so cold outside when we got him that I couldn't think of releasing him into the cold without a nest and cached food. They prepare for winter so to let him out into the woods when there are no seeds left and all the burrows probably taken, would be cruel and I would've worried that he'd frozen.

So, we decided to put him in one of the brush piles out back so he'd have cover and, of course, I tossed in some sunflower seeds and cracked corn before we opened the cage. Every time I get one of these little guys in the cage, I think of all those years I was petrified of mice -- and there was no reason other than the fact that my mom was afraid of them. We never once had a mouse in our home ... but I heard about that fear and picked it up like it came with the family. Rather silly when I think about it now, but I'm so glad I have plenty of life left to enjoy these little guys.

Have a great March! We're coming out of winter!
Donna

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Nature News
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Oldest Tree in Palace of Versailles Down After 324 years

(AFP) - The oldest tree in the grounds of the palace of Versailles -- Marie-Antoinette's oak -- was pulled down more than 320 years after it was planted.

Measuring 35 meters (115 feet) high and 5.5 meters (18 feet) in circumference, the tree died of dehydration in the heat wave of 2003 after being deprived of surrounding cover in the devastating storms of December 1999.

Planted in 1681, the oak was named after the ill-fated wife of King Louis XVI who reputedly liked to enjoy its shade. It is to replaced by another of the same species.

Two tractors took less than two minutes to topple the giant to the ground.

"There is a lot of sadness because our job is to manage the trees and look after their health. I can't help thinking of all the generations of gardeners who watched it grow," said head-gardener Alain Baraton.

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Those Amazing Birds!
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Tips for Better Feeding
by Bill Thompson, III, Editor, Bird Watcher's Digest

Black-oil sunflower seed is the most widely used bird seed, popular with the greatest number of bird species. Its thin shell and large nutmeat are ideal for most feeder species.

Offer a variety of seeds and food in a variety of appropriate feeders (sunflower seed in tube, hopper, or platform feeders, thistle in tube feeders, peanuts in peanut feeders, suet in suet cages, and mixed seed on platform feeders or scattered on dry ground).

Offer the thick-shelled gray-striped sunflower seed to cardinals, grosbeaks, jays, chickadees, titmice, and nuthatches.

Offer safflower seed to cardinals. Squirrels and blackbirds in many parts of the continent do not like it.

If your feeder is overrun with blackbirds, pigeons, or house sparrows, stop offering mixed seed on the ground or on platform feeders. Feed only black-oil sunflower seed in tube or hopper feeders until the problem species disperse.

Don't offer so-called wild bird mixes in tube feeders. These are better fed on platforms or out of hopper feeders. Birds which prefer sunflower seed will just empty the feeder to get at the sunflower seeds.

Make a brush pile near your feeder to make sparrows, towhees, and other shy birds feel more at home, but be sure it won't harbor roaming cats.

Add natural features to your feeding station, such as branches to perch on, to make birds feel more at ease.

This article is used with permission from LittleChickadee.com.

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Nature's Bounty For Us
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Nature offers essential oils with potent properties that can be used in many ways around the home. For health, bath, beauty, and household cleaning supplies. Here's our featured recipe for this issue:

Candida Blend

30 drops lavender
15 drops myrrh
8 drops tea tree

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Pets Are Part of Our Nature
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Pet Success Stories Using Nature's Remedies

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Gardening For Wildlife - Restoring the Balance
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Earth-Friendly Pest Management Online

Farmers and gardeners in Pennsylvania can now get nontoxic pest-control advice at the punch of a few computer keys. At Penn State University's "Pest Problem Solver" website, maps and timetables alert growers to where and when pesky insects and weeds will emerge so they can plan earth-friendly pest management accordingly.

The site also lists natural pest-control methods for a cornucopia of produce, from asparagus to watermelon, and offers links to Web sites of other integrated pest-management programs nationwide.  PA Pest Problem Solver

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In just 10 short years, Earth Friendly Products has international distribution of a retail line of over 40 household products, an industrial/bulk Pro-Line of over 25 products, and a Natural Pet Care Line of 16 items.

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"Green" Info - Making It a Way of Life!
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Cell Phone Turns Into a Sunflower

Scientists say they have come up with a cell phone cover that will grow into a sunflower when thrown away.

"Materials company Pvaxx Research & Development, at the request of U.S.-based mobile phone maker Motorola (MOT.N), has come up with a polymer that looks like any other plastic, but which degrades into soil when discarded.

Researchers at the University of Warwick in Britain then helped to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed, which will feed on the nitrates that are formed when the polyvinylalcohol polymer cover turns to waste."

More than 650 million cell phones will be sold this year with a good portion of those being thrown away in two years. One thing worth pointing out is that the article only talks about the cover being biodegradeable, but what about the rest of the phone?

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Muse On Nature
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"We are still too ignorant of ultimate consequences to understand in full the urgent need to protect even the most inconspicuous forms of life so we do not diminish the rich variety of biological resources that continue to exist. Nevertheless, the urgency is there, and we need to impress upon the public consciousness that extinction is an act of awesome finality. Extinction is one of the few processes that man cannot reverse."

-- James L. Buckley, 1981, Endangered Species Handbook

This quote was taken with permission from the www.extinctionmemorial.org site.

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The Frugal Life - Learning to Live With What You Already Have
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Living more simply is a great way to effect change in your own personal environment. It helps the planet also. The Frugal Life website has lots of ideas on getting back to basics. They also have a free newsletter emailed twice a month.

Written to encourage families wanting to stretch their dollars, it includes articles or tidbits on topics such as: finance, decorating, gardening, and household tips from subscribers and questions from the website forum.

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