Sunday, February 5, 2012

Bird language


Chattering birds in an overgrown bush
near a Victorian cottage…I stopped
to identify the birds and their song. (Wrens)
As soon as it was clear that I remained below, a threat,
the chatter changed into a back and forth warning.
Branch to branch, lower to upper. I moved along.

Across the street, an entirely different and joyous bird
was singing in the sundown. I paused.

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