expands 0n the topic this articie shouid be of interest to both those who were ‘ortunate en0ugh to hear her ta‘k and to those who missed the event.

BIRDING

l. strangers 2. in strange cars dark sky

biack trees white patches of snow on muddy country road

3. coid in the bone 4. rain on the pane sIanted design on the windshieid thank-god someone brought sherry

5. to keep us warm 6. try to remember her name focus the Tense 1aughter crackiing and sharp

7. missed the punch Tine 8. r011 down the window scope into focus

9. write in a book

open window

more sherry

thirty species so far - four un-identified

in the car

A HUMMINGBIRD BIDS FAREWELL

by victor '

never mind

there are manuais foTTow the ruIes IDENTIFY!

a fiutter

a twitter IDENTIFIED!

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Didn‘t you see it?

twi-dee-dee twi-dee-dee

biiis wide and yeiiow over the tree

airy fairies in the dairies

patterns of feathers - iooping the sky

by Patrick Wootton

I have hesitated to teii this story about a humming bird as I feit sure most peopie wouid Taugh me "down the drain”, but the other day I heard of a

similar incident over the radio. This person was with a broken wing which she had tenderiy treated before the bird took off and fTew away it sang to appreciation for her Toving care and skiii.

Murray Harbour and I had been

teTTing of a Whip-poor-wiii and heaied. The Tast night her aii night, as if to show

In my case, down at our home Tast year, my wife Ann feeding a very active famiiy

of hummingbirds during the summer months, the feeder being affixed to a hook hanging outside our sunroom.

On September 20th I was getting dressed standing ciose to one of our bedroom windows at the other end of the house, you can do that in the country,

when a singie hummingbird appeared in front of me Ievei with me, just outside the giass. I said to was bidding us fareweii and sure enough the syrup

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and stayed hovering on eye Ann that I thought he or she ievei in the feeder remained