The Fishicist New Year
"See how Spring opens with disabling cold..."-Gerard Manley Hopkins, See How Spring Opens
She's the first of many migrants to return. Won't be long until the geese, pintails, widgeons, herons, sandhills, hummingbirds, canvasbacks, sparrows, scaups, eiders, warblers, redheads, spoonbills, robins, thrushes, and kingfishers follow. After these come the fish: kings first, then the reds, rainbows, pinks, chums, dollies, and silvers. After the fish come the orcas, harbor seals, sea lions, Dall's porpoises, fishermen, and cannery workers.
But she's the first. Her landing inaugurates the new year.
Her landing is what I've been waiting for.
posted by The Mad Fishicist | 7:43 PM
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An excerpt from Swan Song in Spring by Steven Curtis Lance:
To feel the sunshine on our faces
Feel the warmth within our skin
To feel alive all times and places
Feel the warmth of love begin
Beautiful Opax and TMF! The photos are spectacular!
Those are really great pictures.
If you guys could have only seen what the swan looked like when Isaac spotted it. It had its head tucked under its body so that it looked like a lump of snow in a field of snow. He sure does have an eye for nature.
Wow! sounds so exciting...it is about 80 degrees here today, anyone for a swim?
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