Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
(L 6" WS 9.5" Wt 0.68 oz)
There is a singer eveyone has heard,
Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird,
Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again.
He says that leaves are old and that for flowers
Mid-summer is to spring as one to ten.
He says the early petal-fall is past,
When pear and cherry bloom went down in
showers
showers
On sunny days a moment overcast;
And comes that other fall we name the fall.
He says the highway dust is over all.
The bird would cease and be as other birds
But that he knows in singing not to sing.
The question that he frames in all but words
Is what to make of a diminished thing.
(The Oven Bird by Robert Frost)
Song: Teacher!
Teacher! Teacher!
Domed nest gives its name...half die during
long migration south...a few crossed
Atlantic to Norway, Ireland & Great Britain.
long migration south...a few crossed
Atlantic to Norway, Ireland & Great Britain.
Columbus Park
Chicago
Seirus in Greek means to shake or wag to
and fro; aurocapilla in Latin means
goldcapped or headed.
and fro; aurocapilla in Latin means
goldcapped or headed.
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Society
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16May2012
17May2017
Thatcher Woods
River Forest
04May2014
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