Beautiful words and art! Of course, she knows.
I had to look up starling sounds. I didn’t realize they sang so many. I know we have them about, but I’m pretty sure I’m hearing a mockingbird right now.
Thanks Merril. This one has quite a repertoire, and I finally located him singing on a nearby roof. The birds are unusually full of music this morning, all of them. It’s a good way to wake.
They are. The street birds here are sparrows, pigeons and starlings. And in the park walkways, robins. The others make you work harder to see them, though they are easy enough to hear. Of course crow is everywhere.
We hear dozens of birds, but only see the ones that come close to the house. Most prefer to stay away from people. There are great tits nesting under the eaves and redstarts in the barn, but they treat it like their pile of stones.
absolutely … I got quite upset one day when I read a bumper sticker saying “No Birds”, it’s apparently the name of a car hire business .. Nobody should hire from them until they change their name!
K. 
I imagine knowing the birdsong before you wake, it being a part of yourself.
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One of the the things I like about early spring and summer mornings.
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Beautiful words and art! Of course, she knows.
I had to look up starling sounds. I didn’t realize they sang so many. I know we have them about, but I’m pretty sure I’m hearing a mockingbird right now.
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Thanks Merril. This one has quite a repertoire, and I finally located him singing on a nearby roof. The birds are unusually full of music this morning, all of them. It’s a good way to wake.
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Yes, it is. They’re still singing away here. . .
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All day.
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A starling! How delightful! I love how their wings shimmer.
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Thanks Ingrid. They have beautiful feathers. It took me a long time to figure out that winter and summer starlings were the same birds though.
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your artwork is a wonderful awakenig too
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Thanks Laura. Birds are a joy.
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A lonely starling! They’ve ended up living in towns because the fields are full of pesticides. They’re great little birds, great mimickers.
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They are. The street birds here are sparrows, pigeons and starlings. And in the park walkways, robins. The others make you work harder to see them, though they are easy enough to hear. Of course crow is everywhere.
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We hear dozens of birds, but only see the ones that come close to the house. Most prefer to stay away from people. There are great tits nesting under the eaves and redstarts in the barn, but they treat it like their pile of stones.
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It’s always about the question. And knowing who to ask. Do that right and you have more than half the answer already. 😉
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That’s true. The Oracle often fills in the blanks for me.
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Neat artwork, K.
The air is alive
with their bodies and their songs —
red-green-blue backgrounds.
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It is! Thanks Jade.
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You’re most welcome.
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How delightful, to be serenaded and then to share with us your lovely art … a mutually beneficial relationship!
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Thanks Kate. Birds are essential to life.
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absolutely … I got quite upset one day when I read a bumper sticker saying “No Birds”, it’s apparently the name of a car hire business .. Nobody should hire from them until they change their name!
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I agree.
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