Chert Glades
ChapterJournal of a Naturalist
These are journal entries from members of the Chert Glades Master Naturalist as they "experience" nature.
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November 21, 2011 Jeff Cantrell |
Neosho was given a gift this
morning, and the beauty and parental care behaviors was a
bookmark for a naturalist’s memory. Two whooping cranes took a “lay-over” less than a mile north of Neosho this early morning with Canada geese for traveling companions. An adult and its young foraged along the crop field north of Neosho with little care to truck traffic on the highway or geese and crows sharing the field. They left at 10:15 am flying toward Lime Kiln Access on Shoal Creek. Of course we hope they stay a few days with the overcast and fog they just might. We had wonderful views for about an hour, and the youngster is banded and even has an antennae and transmitter. As a teen and certainly into my 20s I used to go to great lengths to answer the question: “What good is it? Or what is a species worth?” I’m tired of trying to justify this, if they can’t see it for where it belongs in the whole system or creation, if they can’t appreciate it for its beauty. I just don’t know where to begin? |
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