Saturday, June 1, 2019

Westernized worldview on genocidal land occupation: The Woodcock 3rd eye

A HISTORY of the first settlement of Winona county, and especially that of the city of Winona, requires that some notice be given to the Indian tribes that have occupied the territory in which it lies, … and also that some notice be given to the early efforts of missionaries and explorers to christianize and render the savages obedient to the wants of commerce and of French or English [ascendancy].  …
https://healingmnstories.wordpress.com/2016/01/31/whats-in-a-name-part-1-minnesota-counties-with-indigenous-names/


I have had a couple or pair of Woodcock on the land up north. So far the neighbor has not killed them yet, although gun shots rang out intermittently while their hay field (grass) was being mowed. The Ruffed Grouse survived as well, as I heard the beating mating sound on the wings again. So I'm hoping the neighbor was just doing "target" practice between mowing.
 https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/birds/woodcock.html

The woodcock population has been on a steady decline. During the 1999-2000 hunting season, Minnesota hunters harvested about 54,000 birds, which was the fewest since the 1987-88 hunting season. The DNR cuts alder and willow brush to renew brush growth used by woodcock for nesting and feeding habitat.

Fun facts

The woodcock's bill has highly sensitive nerve endings that can detect earthworm movement below the soil.
These birds were checking me out as much as I was checking them out! They can see 350 degrees at once!! Pretty impressive - 3rd eye capabilities!!

 https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rgma/index.html

Wow the Hunters even get their own walking trailed provided by the state DNA and volunteer societies.


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