The "Sea of" this sweet plant secretion that attracts insects & birds
[DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Silent Spring-Rachel Carson-1962" - Internet Archive [PAR] Nearly half of the 180 or so major insect enemies of plants in the United ...... and 
all are affected by the fact that they lie like small islands in a great sea of ... is a 
breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake.