http://repository.ias.ac.in/30783/1/350.pdfHere’s an update without pictures. I did my best to get photographic proof but there was no cooperation in the animals I was trying to track down.
First a new term: zeitgebers. It’s what tells the animals when their mating season is and it bring the birth of young animals at the same season every year. It’s what tells our bodies to make melatonin. It’s what gets out of sync when we travel internationally and gives me jet lag. We talk a lot about circadian clocks in our bodies, but it’s the zeitgebers that drive them. Here’s a link with the basic explanation:
http://repository.ias.ac.in/30783/1/350.pdf
The reason I am bringing this up is we are expecting lambs. When I look for the lambs for passover I turn to the Bedouin flocks. They keep their animals in the field, not in lots with roofs over them.
For the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that the cattle the Boudinn keep, also in the field and not lots, have calf at the same time every year. What’s that timing? The timing is just before the lambing and kidding season.
On the way to Tiberius today I saw the Bedouin herd with bright shiny new calves within the flock! After I finished up in town I hiked out to the field where I’d seen them but they’s already relocated up the moutain. Tomorrow’s another day, I’ll try again to get their photo.
The next thing I look to see born are the lambs and kids.
Believe me when I say, things happen so quickly this time of year and this year the earth and the animals that live by it feel to me like they are in a hurry.
We’re supposed to reach 70-75 degrees tomorrow with sunshine. That will bring a significant change to the face of the earth.
Still waiting on the wild barleyUpdated Feb 12, 2020, 11:22 AM