Wait your turn!
This observation of a family of swallows over 150 years ago struck me, along with another surprising tale by...
As the falcon flies
Even the rhythm of this simile conveys something of a great bird's single, confident swoop to land precisely on a...
Hawk-like glidings
Birds feature impressively in Williamson's minutely loving study of the life and landscape of an otter. Some are preyed upon,...
Athene’s disguise
Here Zeus spurs Athene to intervene in the Trojan war, and she descends to earth in the guise of a...
Crab-nibbled corpse
Poor, dead, ugly bird, corpse nibbled by crabs and devoured by fish. For a stunning description of this peculiar, prehensile...
Winter-defying hawk
What majesty in this triologism - a hawk thriving despite a New England winter.
'The warmest springs hardly allow me...
Sunlight like birds
This conveys the distant wink and sparkle of sun glancing off a choppy sea surface and appearing, at a distance,...
Of buds and hooves
Who would think to liken the shape of a bud to the hooves of cattle? And that cuckoo singing all night!
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A herd of curlew
The first time I have come across 'herd' as a collective noun for a bird. Curlews are large wading birds...
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