WHICH BOOK?
One chipping sparrow is named Rattles
and another, Raspy.
As more birds enter
the picture, he relents to using A, B, C,
and D to identify them. “Our time together will be less personal this way, but keeping track of everyone will be much easier come morning.”
“As
surely as I know birds have feathers,
I know there are two species of
marsh wren in North America, not
one as the field guides declare.”
“…I share my
secret for listening: it’s all in the eyes.”