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Love in the Air
by Elisabeth Lorentzsen
The sun was out
For the first time in so long
Still a bit of a chill for late April
But it seemed that
A thousand birds were doing their dance
A turkey ran across, followed
By three of her sisters while
Tom pranced his plumes in full display
Another six to seven ladies circled him to admire.
Two grouse scuttled past my car,
A pheasant, and the chickadees
Were battling so hard,
A feather floated past.
The juncos came in for two days
Eating the scattered birdseed on the ground, and left
Before I realized they were gone.
Down by the river two pairs
Of geese, newly arrived, searched for a good
Nesting spot
The same they come to every year.
I treasure them like friends.
That night a flock of geese flew by
So low I could hear the rush of their wings
Pulsing and syncopated for a second
And their honking, giving me hope-
Like bird electricity when
The barred owl called out so loud,
And clear in the night-
It even made the peepers silent for a minute.
