Gold Shaw Farm investigates why the usual spring bird activity went silent, puzzling their farm community.

On Sept. 27, 1962, biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book that would radically shift how the nation thought about the effect of pesticides on human health and the environment.

The 22-year-old original poster (OP), identified as LayaRene, described how her brother's reaction overshadowed what should have been a moment of excitement for their sister.