A Bird's Life
In Floridia’s swamps William Bartram
Audubon, observing the Seaside Sparrow,
A Mexican logger reports on
To know how it feels, imagine
sketches, describes, the Limpkin --
the crying bird -- and notes ‘excellent
supper with boiled rice.’
shoots several other birds. ‘for practice,’
but the dish they make was not eaten
because of its ‘fishy savour.’
what may be one member of the last pair
of Imperial Ivorybill Woodpeckers:
‘un gran pedazo de carne,’ he said.
you’re a flightless goose
watching the first canoes land
on Hawaii’s beaches.