“Whenever a man hears it, he is young, and Nature is in her spring;
Wherever he hears it, it is a new world, and a free country,
And the gates of Heaven are not shut against him.”
Henry David Thoreau
Yesterday was Migratory Bird Day
A day set, to celebrate Earth’s Birds
One of my favorites is the Wood Thrush
But today, sadness fills my heart and words
Once, the Wood Thrush, was so very plentiful
Its lovely song, heard so frequently, in the wood
Once, on just about every trip I took into the forest
I heard it singing, so vibrantly, so joyously, so good
The Wood Thrush is one of Earth’s many migrating marvels
Each Spring, to the great, greening, northern forests, it does go
Every Fall, it makes its long and arduous journey, southbound
All the way down to South America, and some, down to Mexico
But like far too many of Earth’s amazing migratory birds, these days
The wondrous Wood Thrush is now in decline, because of deforestation
We are very rapidly destroying its habitats, both up north and down south
And, the ever increasing hush in our remaining forests, is robbing my elation
Like Thoreau, there was a time when I was young, and I roamed the woodlands
I truly felt like I was in Paradise, with the Wood Thrush, singing so very joyously
But today, I find myself growing older, and these days in the woods, much sadder
For my feathered friend, the Wood Thrush, is now vanishing, as is much joy, for me
Its flute like song, was so very enchanting,
In those joyous days of my youth, in the wood;
Those days, are so very rapidly, disappearing now,
Mother Earth now losing, far too much, of Her good.
And numerous species of Earth’s migratory birds,
Will now be adversely affected, by our latest oil spill;
But I sadly wonder, how many will even care about them,
For many humans today, nature’s wonders no longer thrill.
©Migratory Bird Day 2010, Mr. Ed
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Let me see your papers.
How is it that you know of...
our missing thrushes?
Egor..escort this person to his cage.
I know....not funny.
Anna
I thank you always for being the one to always wake us up..
Much peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
John
Regis
How sad,
God bless,
Lew
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Christine
EDvard