The 3 paragraphs that make up what Ed Gaillard posted to this list about gnatcatchers in Central Park this a.m. are entirely based on the William Carlos Williams' poem, reproduced in full directly below:
This Is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold Thanks to several poetry lovers who noticed, and felt the original deserves a mention. good reading- & birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -------------- On Apr 18, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Ed Gaillard wrote: > This is just to say > I have spotted > the Blue-Grey Gnatcatchers > that were in the Oven > > and which > you were probably > hoping > to see > > Go to Willow Rock > they are beautiful > so sweet > and so blue > ... > Sorry, sometimes I can't stop myself. Anyway, two of 'em, chasing each other > around. If you don't see them from Willow Rock, they may have moved onto The > Point. I had 22 other species in an hour or so in the Ramble this morning, > but no warblers at all. I'm sure they're just hiding from me. > > Good birding, > Ed Gaillard > Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
