Wallace Stevens's poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" seems
appropriate to this discussion, especially the following stanzas (out of XIII,
of course):
IV
A man and a woman
Are one.
A man and a woman and a blackbird
Are one.
V
I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
O
lf Of Marie P Read
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:52 PM
To: M Kardon; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] witnessed bird drama
Hi Marsha (and all),
Cool observation, but it doesn't sound like one bird helping another to
me...I'd interpret this as a territorial fight, where one
After the fact, as they flew away, I realized I hadn't noticed whether they
were male or female or one of each - it happened so quickly and was so
surprising. It did occur to me that perhaps it wasn't helping behavior, but
somehow, it looked like it. Marsha Kardon
- Original Message --
ardon; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] witnessed bird drama
Hi Marsha (and all),
Cool observation, but it doesn't sound like one bird helping another to
me...I'd interpret this as a territorial fight, where one bird chased the other
into the window (by mistake), and the peckin
:52 PM
To: M Kardon; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] witnessed bird drama
Hi Marsha (and all),
Cool observation, but it doesn't sound like one bird helping another to
me...I'd interpret this as a territorial fight, where one bird chased the other
into the window (by mistake
Hi Marsha (and all),
Cool observation, but it doesn't sound like one bird helping another to
me...I'd interpret this as a territorial fight, where one bird chased the other
into the window (by mistake), and the pecking is aggression.
Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Free
I have seen a couple times something like what Marsha described with the
Orioles.
A Starling had been killed in the road near South Lansing, but its body was not
smashed (suggesting, in appearance at least, that it could get up and fly
away).
Next to it stood a "frantic" (my interpretation) liv
