New Mexico
Townsend‘s Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi
 (L 8.5" WS 14.5" Wt 1.2 oz)
Ranges in mountains west No. Amer
...from south Alaska to Mexico.
Sandia Peak
12Mar2012
Silently I stepped around
not to disturb anyone with a sound.
Just to enjoy the morning silence
where my mind could wander around.
 
Enjoy the peace in the air
without intruding voices everywhere
and enjoy the solitaire
that the morning held there.
(David Harris)
John Kirk Townsend
Myadestes in Greek
means fly eater.
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