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Date of this Version
6-2002
Document Type
Article
Citation
Wyatt, "Unnamed," from Nebraska Bird Review (June 2002) 70(2).
Abstract
"Unnamed"
A yellow and black bird came to the apricot tree
/="/"> this morning. I'd not seen it
/="/"> before, in any of the yards here. I expect
/="/"> to see such birds in the eastern woods,
/="/"> not in these relatively arid tracts.
I couldn't identify it. Grosbeak? I had
/="/">no Guide, only gloomy thoughts
/="/"> of no specific origin.
The bird stayed for no more than seconds.
/="/">It had a chunk of black on its throat,
/="/"> like a thumbprint. Its wings never
/="/"> were quiet.
Then it flew off, shrieking,
/="/"> and the branch it was perched on joined
/="/"> the swaying of the other limbs
/="/"> in a breeze. All
/="/">but silent like my thoughts. Early in the day.
/="/"> The jays' romping I could hear.
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