Jonathan Skinner is a very good poet with a recent book from Palm Press that
is devoted to birds and their sounds that fly up and own down the flight
corridor over Buffalo New York. I am too lazy to fetch it off my shelves,
but I will copy this to Jonathan, as well as suggest you visit the Palm
Press website (assuming they have one). If not, I am sure he can direct you
the rest of the way.
He has a good ear.
Stephen V
> Feral macaws is just too majestic a concept.
>
> I wanted to ask, apropos an earlier thread, whether anyone could point to a
> poet working in birdsong and birdlore with the same kind of intensity that
> Messiaen brought to music?
>
> P
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
>> poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Joanna Boulter
>> Sent: 10 March 2006 23:16
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: help--translation query
>>
>> To my mind, there's no bird to beat the English blackbird,
>> for song and handsome looks; Shakespeare's "ousel-cock so
>> black of hue / With orange tawny bill". But it's a strange
>> thing -- I've lived in various parts of this country, from
>> the south-west to the north-east where we are now, and I'll
>> swear those blackbirds make regional variations in their song.
>>
>> By the way, there's a flock of feral macaws up in the dales
>> about 30 miles from here. I saw them once, and it seemed a
>> huge and magical privilege, like being visited by strangers
>> from another planet.
>>
>> joanna
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jill Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: help--translation query
>>
>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>> Yes, I guess they are noisy. Never thought of it but now I recall,
>>> European cities seem so much quieter on the bird front.
>>>
>>> Last night I came home as a whole pile (flock?) of parrots
>> - most likely
>>> lorrikeets - were squawking in the tree across the road,
>> just on dusk.
>>>
>>> In our garden, we had magpies nesting in the jacaranda one
>> year, until
>>> they found out that it lost its leaves and therefore their
>> cover, so they
>>> went back to the more traditional and evergreen gum tree
>> two doors up. But
>>> they visit us all the time (and shit on our paving). We
>> also get nearly
>>> everyday or seasonally, said parrots (lorrikeets and rosellas),
>>> currawongs, new holland honeyeaters, welcome swallows,
>> silvereyes (such
>>> lovely little birds), the australian ravens we call crows.
>> Even a sacred
>>> kingfisher once. Also, unfortunately, all the pesky exotics such as
>>> sparrows, starlings, pigeons and noisy mynahs.
>>>
>>> Some of the above, and others, are mentioned on this site,
>> including some
>>> of their noisy calls: http://www.anbg.gov.au/birds/birds.html
>>>
>>> So, can get real noisy.
>>>
>>> Is it 'ruffle' their feathers?
>>>
>>> And 'having a lend'? To have someone on, take the piss.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jill
>>>
>>> On Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 01:37 AM, Jill Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>
>>>> First of all, what's a grackle? I assume you're not having a lend.
>>>>
>>>> But I would be interested in the correct name for the term
>> as well. There
>>>> does seem to be a thing about poets and birds.
>>>>
>>>> I'm a lazy bird watcher myself and rarely know the correct
>> word for
>>>> ornithological things. But I notice them all the same.
>> Tonight, there was
>>>> a real racket across the street as I was coming home, ooh,
>> about 7ish.
>>>> Most likely parrots of some kind. I couldn't see them but
>> they were,
>>>> obviously, apparent.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 01:06 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> OK, I need some feedback from birdwatchers. In the winter
>> birds puff out
>>>>> their feathers fro warmth. Is there/are there a
>> term/terms for this?
>>>>> From the scientific to the colloquial.
>>>>>
>>>>> I realize this question is likely to inspire some general
>> levity, not to
>>>>> say tom-foolery (origin?), which I'd appreciate as much
>> as the next
>>>>> guy/gal, but I really could use the help on this one.
>>>>>
>>>>> A tribeof grackles has taken up residence in the park outside my
>>>>> window--maybe 25 males. Quiet so far--probably waiting
>> for a critical
>>>>> mass to build up. Oh lucky me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________________
>>>> Jill Jones
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________________
>>> Jill Jones
>>>
>>> Latest books:
>>> Broken/Open. Available from Salt Publishing
>>> http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/1844710416.htm
>>>
>>> Where the Sea Burns. Wagtail Series. Picaro Press
>>> PO Box 853, Warners Bay, NSW, 2282. [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Struggle and radiance: ten commentaries (Wild Honey Press)
>>> http://www.wildhoneypress.com
>>>
>>> web site: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jpjones
>>> blog1: Ruby Street http://rubystreet.blogspot.com/
>>> blog2: Latitudes http://itudes.blogspot.com/
>>
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