Gardening in Our Area

Bird watching provides a gardening break

By LaVERLE McCANLESS

Contributor

“Never give up listening to the sounds of birds.”

John James Audubon

Granddad would listen to the robins and predict the weather from their sounds. It is still the same today as it was ages ago, the robins do have a different sound according to the weather as it is and if there is a change in the weather to come. Take time to listen and the challenge is to remember the sounds as the day progresses. Oh yes, they also have a warning to each other when something is not right in their territory and you will know this sound i...