Tag: bird photography

Starlings Flocking

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Have you ever seen a flock of birds swirling and diving in unison? It's mesmerizing, the way they flash in the sun in one direction, then go dark in another. They are like schooling fish, only a dark cloud, rather than a silver one. I was coming home from a walk the other day when … Continue reading Starlings Flocking

A Poem for Today

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Mother Carey’s Hen There are days I don’t think about the sea; weeks wash by, in fact,then a shearwater - or some such- flutters byon the salt flats fanning out in my mind’s eye,reflected there, a shimmering reverie, recalling the pact I once made (and renew today) to hold to a higher altitude.But note the … Continue reading A Poem for Today