Jeff:
This is always good to hear. I'm a member (a CARD CARRYING member, as
Pres. Bush would have said) of The Nature Conservancy and in their
newsletters they occasionally mention that the TNC and military
bases work well together. Remember these bases are huge undeveloped
hunks of land, and represent biological time capsules.
You know (here I get on my soap box), TNC is really a great
organization because they are fairly impervious to political
winds. Conservation easements on lands are legally very sound
methods of conservation, and TNC has a bias towards preserving
wetlands, I've noticed.
>No, the bird is in the house. Frankly, birds and greenhouses
>don't mix. Parrots are very mobile creatures, inquisitive, and
>destructive. Its beak can shear through thin metal and destroy
>Destructive is definitely the word. My parents were telling me about a native
Let's see. Things the bird has destroyed...countless pens and pencils,
phone cords, electrical wiring, house plants, sunglasses, plant pots and
labels, woodworking, cardboard boxes, buttons on clothes and furniture,
wicker furniture, etc etc etc. A long time ago we foolishly neglected to
keep the bird's wings trimmed, so it was able to fly. I came home to
discover the bird had found Bridgett's jewelry box. It had taken every
bit of jewelry out, bent what pieces it could, then flew to some part of the
apartment to drop the bit before returning to the box to get another
piece. I spent a hectic two hours repairing the damage before Bridgett
came home. Although the bird is hers, I'm sure we would have had Parrot
Rellenos for dinner that night if she had been first to discover the
damage. Enough said about birds, back to plants.
B