On Thu, 6 May 2010 16:41:44 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On May 6, 6:57*pm, brooklyn1 > wrote:
>> Spent the past three days mowing ten acres, cleared tons of brush, and
>> this is all the thanks I get: *http://i41.tinypic.com/2d26u8m.jpg
>
>You are lucky to still have some wide open spaces. Looks real
>serene.?
>
>Or you could let some go back to wild, as habitat?

I practice proper land management... I keep a balanced ratio of the
various biomes; forest, wetlands, meadow, and open space. The mowed
open space is extremely important for much wildlife, it provides a
safe feeding area for deer and geese, plus many nocturnal critters are
also vegetarian... there really isn't much to eat on forest floors.
And meadows are not very safe, too easy for preditors to hide... by
early summer the meadow growth is 5-6 feet tall and dense. The mowed
areas provide habitat for many songbirds, those that eat insects,
worms. and seeds. My mowed areas are actually miniscule compared to
the thousands of acres of forest lands surrounding my property. This
is a very low population density area and not many mow anything,
equipment and fuel for mowing is expensive. Canada geese are the
most amazing creatures; they mate for life, they are extremely
protective of their young and of each other (they never all eat at the
same time, some are always sentinals), they are the highest flyers
(they own the stratosphere), and the SST was definitely designed after
Canada geese... I don't think there is anything in nature more
dynamically precise than a flock of airbore Canada geese, they make
the Blue Angels look like slobs. Everytime I see a flock of Canada
geese coming in for a synchronized landing with their flaps down I get
goose bumps.