Re: [SBB] Bird Questions & Reports
- Subject: Re: [SBB] Bird Questions & Reports
- From: Bob Power <[[email protected]]>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:46:25 -0700 (PDT)
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Kendric, like zygodactic, dihedral, and semi-palmated,
you can insert the following phrase into casual
conversations with non-birders and clear the room:
Autumnal recrudescence.
Best regards,
Bob Power
Oakland, CA
The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge
When the birds are cacaphonic in the trees and on the
verge
Of the fields in mid-October when the cold is like a
scourge.
It is not delight in winter that makes feathered
voices surge,
But autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge.
When the frost is on the punkin' and when leaf and
branch diverge,
Birds with hormones reawakened sing a paean, not a
dirge.
What's the reason for their warbling? Why on earth
this late-year
splurge?
The autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge.
---
Written by Susan Stiles, copyright December 1973
==========
In lay-speak, it's a post breeding, post migration
hormonal surge.
bp
--- "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> wrote:
> 1. Why is our California Thrasher singing at this
> time of year? It
> has been doing this for about a week now. It is a
> different song
> than in the spring. This one is a bit more quiet
> and melodic, but
> persistent, and from the tops of trees.
>
> 2. After 30+ years, we finally had two Steller's
> Jays come into our
> yard today. We have resident Scrub Jays.
>
> 3. We had a Fox Sparrow this morning.
>
> 5. Our first Golden-crowned Sparrow arrived on
> 9/23/05, but no
> White-crowns yet. For about 10 years of keeping
> tack, the
> White-crowns have generally arrived before the
> Golden-crowns.
>
> Kendric
> --
> Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D.
> 927 Mears Court
> Stanford, CA 94305-1041
> (650) 493-7210
> [[email protected]]
> http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/
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