Tag Archives: birds
a note of compassion
The Sound of Birds at Noonby Dahlia Ravikovitchfrom Contemporary World Poetry, ©1996translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Ariel Bloch This chirpingis not the least malicious.They sing without giving us a thoughtand they are as manyas the seed of Abraham.They have a life of their own,they fly without thinking.Some are rare, some are common,but …
Perpetual Beginners
“Birdwatchers are a fussy, eccentric lot, especially perpetual beginners like myself, who seem condemned never to find a bird, anywhere, that corresponds precisely to its description and illustration in the bird books. A failing, on the part of the bird, difficult to forgive.” ~Edward Abbey, excerpted from Abbey’s Road, ©1979 I have the same problem, …
Bluebirds
Bluebirds In My House, by Arnette Heidcamp © 1997, was a fun little book that I’m glad I stumbled across. The first half is strictly a naturalist treatise about bluebirds, while the second half is her own personal experience raising two orphaned bluebird fledglings she found abandoned in the nest after the death of their …
Kind
My favorite quote from the Christian bible is Matthew 25:40: “I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.“ I read that as a child, and immediately went home and scattered some bread crumbs for the birds. We have …
Abbie's Tree House 