WHAT BIRD IS IT???
We’ve got a bit of a problem
Identifying a sound…
Coming from neighboring swampland,
From birds or raccoons around?
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Its loud, high-pitched “chittering”
From several places will call….
The creatures that are calling
Don’t seem to be moving at all.
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It could even be amphibian
In nature making the sound…
If only we had a naturalist near,
To help out by being around.
–Jonathan Caswell
ON A NIGHT’S WALK
(“Animal Crackers in My Soup”)
Owl flies onto a telephone pole,
Looking for a succulent mouse or vole…
Sits right there while looking ’round
Listening for meals on the ground!
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Froggies are silent in mid-June,
Maybe they’re waiting for a full moon….
Gotta grow up by August skies
To loudly belch out those bullfrog cries!
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Chittering from feeding raccoons,
At least they seem the most likely tunes….
Looking for all the things they eat
Without getting trash their diet is complete.
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Walking around at the midnight hour,
Doors to lock amid a springtime shower…
Some lights stay on all the night
Keeping things safe til the morning light!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 