Subject: [Tweeters] avian poetry
Date: Mar 4 09:04:06 2011
From: Dennis Paulson - dennispaulson at comcast.net


I got this from Chris Hill, now in South Carolina but previously an active Washington birder.

The Grackle's voice is less than mellow,
His heart is black, his eye is yellow.
He bullies more attractive birds,
With hoodlum deeds and vulgar words,
And should a human interfere,
Attacks that human in the rear.
I cannot help but term the grackle
An ornithological debacle.

-Ogden Nash

Makes you wish we had grackles here to enjoy.

And it would be interesting to know about more bird-themed poetry.
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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