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! 
     
    

    
     page 9 
     
    

    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     -6- 
     
    
   
   
    
     and stayed hovering on eye 
     
     Ann that I thought he or she 
     
     ievei in the feeder remained