I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendos, The blackbird whistling, Or just after. Quotation by Wallace Stevens credit + large image Tricolored Blackbird The Tricolored or Tricoloured Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor, is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae. The Tricolored Blackbird…
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…
When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first. Quotation by Ernest Hemingway credit + large image Curve-billed Thrasher…
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…
“… there is an ecstatic mechanism in birds that makes them fly upwards in spite of worms.” By Lawrence Ferlinghetti credit Northern Pintail The Pintail or Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. The Northern Pintail…
Words are heavy like rocks…they weigh you down. If birds could talk, they wouldn’t be able to fly Marilyn, from the TV show ‘Northern Exposure’ credit + large image Spotted Sandpiper The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) is a small shorebird. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper (A. hypoleucos)…
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. A Chinese proverb credit + large image Northern Shoveler The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. Like most dabbling ducks, it stands well…
