The Accountant Nov-Dec 2016

ENVIRONMENT
Insect Control: Birds eat much more
than seed, suet and nectar, and feeding
birds in your backyard also invites them
to feast on the insects, worms, snails and
spiders in your landscape. This can provide
ideal organic pest control with little need
for toxic insecticides or other harmful
chemicals.
Flower Pollination: Not only do birds
eat insects that can help keep your
landscape healthier, but they assist with
flower pollination. This can result in more
luxuriant, full flowerbeds and beautiful
bird-friendly landscaping with less overall
effort for gardening.
Weed Control: Many small birds such
as sparrows and finches eat tremendous
amounts of seeds, especially from seed
bearing flowers or weeds that might be
undesirable in your landscape. Feeding
these birds will also attract them to the
natural food sources in your landscape,
including weeds.
Photography: Photographers with an
interest in nature subjects can enjoy a
proliferation of poses right outside their
windows when they feed the birds. Painters
and other artists can also similarly benefit
from feeding birds.
Interacting With Nature: - For many
urban birders, the birds they see at their
feeders may be the only wild animals they
have the chance to interact with. This can
be an ideal activity for senior citizens,
individuals with limited mobility or young
children to get their first exposure to
nature.
Outdoor Pets: As you become more
familiar with your backyard birds, it is
possible to begin recognizing individual
birds by their unique markings or
personalities. These “outdoor pets” can be
very enjoyable, without the extra costs of
extensive veterinary care, housing and
training that more traditional.
Photography: Photographers with an
interest in nature subjects can enjoy a
proliferation of poses right outside their
windows when they feed the birds. Painters
and other artists can also similarly benefit
from feeding birds.
Interacting With Nature: For many urban
birders, the birds they see at their feeders,
may be the only wild animals they have the
chance to interact with; this can be an ideal
activity for senior citizens, individuals with
limited mobility or young children to get
their first exposure to nature.
Outdoor Pets: As you become more
familiar with your backyard birds, it is
possible to begin recognizing individual
birds by their unique markings or
personalities. These “outdoor pets” can be
very enjoyable, without the extra costs of
extensive veterinary care, housing and
training that more traditional.
Bird quotes
“We ate the birds. We ate them. We
wanted their songs to flow up through our
throats and burst out of our mouths, and
so we ate them. We wanted their feathers
to bud from our flesh. We wanted their
wings; we wanted to fly as they did, soar
freely among the treetops and the clouds,
and so we ate them. We speared them,
we clubbed them, we tangled their feet in
glue, we netted them, we spitted them, we
threw them onto hot coals, and all for love,
because we loved them. We wanted to be
one with them. We wanted to hatch out
of clean, smooth, beautiful eggs, as they
did, back when we were young and agile
and innocent of cause and effect, we did
not want the mess of being born, and so
we crammed the birds into our gullets,
feathers and all, but it was no use, we
couldn’t sing, not effortlessly as they do,
we can’t fly, not without smoke and metal,
and as for the eggs we don’t stand a chance.
We’re mired in gravity, we’re earthbound.
We’re ankle-deep in blood, and all because
we ate the birds, we ate them a long time
ago, when we still had the power to say no.”
Margaret Atwood
“In order to see birds it is necessary to
become a part of the silence.”
Robert Lynd
The Bible tells us that God will meet all
our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and
clothes the grass with the splendor of lilies.
How much more, then, will He care for
us, who are made in His image? Our only
concern is to obey the heavenly Father and
leave the consequences to Him.
Charles Stanley
In almost everything that touches our
everyday life on earth, God is pleased
when we’re pleased. He wills that we be as
free as birds to soar and sing our maker’s
praise without anxiety.
Aiden Wilson Tozer
52 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2016