nature’s ratio:
4.5 month old immature osprey
4.5 billion year old mature moon
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Authorgreat egret dawn
the great egret, brilliant white, glowed in the golden hour light of the dawn
sunshine dollop
Another small gift this morning.
In the darker shadows of the trees I found this dollop of sunshine.
The yellow warbler was darting about looking for caterpillars and insects.
a new one for doc
A small package, um, bird was a great surprise today.
I found this yellow-throated warbler up high in the canopy at the lake.
This species is uncommon here, but sure a lot of colorful fun.
Creator’s forefinger
creator’s forefinger
dipped in enamel orange
drew for me glowing globe
hues showed spent night fleeing
full moon, setting,
so…
memories shimmering
drawn from consoling lake
heart touched by aching hope
too soon yet too long known
breath sighs, letting,
go…
poetry hungering
soul hurt lingering soft
song reft by chances gone
life sought wrapped well within
friendship, netting,
oh…
I was wrong!
It is a rare day at the lake when I don’t hear a pileated woodpecker and its partner.
What is also rare is to actually see one of these large and secretive birds.
Then today, after seeing not one, but two, I found out that I have been repeating a myth about these birds:
I had thought the cartoon character Woody the Woodpecker was modeled on a pileated woodpecker.
Alas, I was wrong. The real bird was an acorn woodpecker.
See the NPR story at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101665227
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