When the pigs dig up the grass and other slower growing plants,
the fast growing plants start growing in the newly "tilled" soil and
don't let the seeds of the slower growing plants get started.
It doesn't look like anyone is setting up telescopes in the field
next to the back parking lot. The grass is quite long now.
Rich
>Hi Ken,
>
>Believe it or not, the birders were asking 'Who brought a gun?'
>when a line of a dozen wild pigs went walking through a medow.
>
>The birders don't like the wild pigs because they dig up the native plants.
>They really wanted them dead.
>
>Rich
>
>>Taken your 12 Ga. Rich? ;o)
>>KH
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Rich N." <RNAPO@No-Spam>
>>To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
>>Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:53 PM
>>Subject: Re: [TAC] Weather...
>>
>>
>>> At least I got a good nights slee so I could go birding at 8 am.
>>> Grant Ranch was beautiful this morning. The grass was green,
>>> lots of wild flowers, lots of birds too.
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>> s
>>>
>>> >I went out last night to catch some music (my wife's band) and saw it
>was
>>> >clear when we got back to Palo Alto. I set up in my yard -- got in a
>good
>>> >hour of observing from 2:00 to 3:00 am. My spring target list was fast
>>> fading
>>> >in the west by then, but I was able to add NGC 5005, 5353 and three
>other
>>> >galaxies to my life list. Mars was up when I shut down and Sagittarius
>>> >beckoned.
>>> >
>>> >Andrew Pierce
>>> >
>>>