Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Bird Watching

You have now before you a representation of one of the most richly coloured of birds, and one whose history is in some degree peculiar.John James Audubon, The Birds of AmericaA spotted wren perches on the limb of a pine tree in a field of daisies. A song sparrow stands ready to take flight from a snow-covered limb against a winter landscape. For many, these descriptions depict quintessential experiences of nature. As photographs in a bird-watchers field journal they become something else

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