Today we’ll travel with I and the Bird
to discover the most amazing birds.
We’ll marvel at Rio Blanco shots
of Colombian sylphs and hummingbirds.
We’ll see colors galore in Singapore
on a camera-ignoring sunbird.
We’ll have to get stuck in the mud to see
Avocets, Willets and burrowing birds.
Supporting birding teams, we’ll stop to know
the beautiful woods surrounding birds.
Flammulated Owls live beyond rough trails,
but we learn the wild when surveying birds.
Stop for a moment to consider the
vultures, our maligned highway-cleaning birds.
The vibrant beauty of nature’s revealed
by children carefully coloring birds.
Near a hole on a familiar shore, see
Bank Swallows, brown-and-white scolding birds.
In Zion park, we’ll learn the stories of
certain condors, those distant soaring birds.
We’ll brave the coldest snowy days for owls
and hope all life birds will be living birds.
Viewer warning: “Sex and the City Bird”
documents the habits of mating birds.
In a blooming sage garden, time stops for
close looks at Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Recall nature’s red in tooth and claw when
we see crows are squirrel-tongue-eating birds.
Burrowing Owls and roadrunners remind
us of the simple joy of finding birds.
Spend a good day searching for Golden-winged,
Cerulean and other warbling birds.
A witty Straw-necked Ibis has some words.
(Who knew we’d find poetry writing birds?)
We can observe a Red-tailed Hawk’s high nest
and learn all about digiscoping birds.
Strange orange colors on Mallards’ tails pose
questions when we’re closely studying birds.
On the Gulf, pelicans will break our hearts
when we confront loose oil killing birds.
Shearwaters, jaegers and petrels will lead
us to boats for looks at seafaring birds.
We’ll see a Little Gull and lovely terns
on the southwest Queens coast while listing birds
In Madras, we’ll meet pittas and plovers
and sandpipers among the wading birds
“Always be birding,” that’s what we’ll say.
Even in parking lots, we’re finding birds.
That’s it for this trip, I’m signing off. Send
links for the next one to The Drinking Bird.