When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird… He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning? A Marv Levy quotation…
Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog. Irish Proverb quote credit + large image Horned Lark/ Shore Lark The Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris), called the Horned Lark in North America, breeds across much of North America, northernmost Europe and Asia and in the mountains of…
One tree won’t hold two robins. A Latin Proverb credit + large image Clay-colored Robin (Formerly Clay-colored Robin) The Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro.…
I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know. Quotation by Wallace Stevens credit + large image The Tricolored Blackbird The Tricolored or Tricoloured Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor, is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae. The Tricolored Blackbird…
The hummingbird competes with the stillness of the air. Quotation by Chogyam Trungpa credit + large image Ruby-throated Hummingbird The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), is a small hummingbird. It is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America. The breeding habitat is…
I hear like you see — like that hummingbird outside that window for instance. Quotation by Ray Charles credit + large image Blue-throated Hummingbird The Blue-Throated Hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae, is a species of hummingbird, a member of the Trochilidae family of birds. The species gets its name from the adult…
I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance. Quotation by E. E. Cummings credit + large image Anna’s Hummingbird The Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a medium-sized hummingbird native to the west coast of North America. This bird was…
I don’t ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful. Quotation by Pete Hamill credit + large image California Thrasher The California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) is a large thrasher found primarily…
