Before we meet the Olive Warbler, here are links to this week's Birdtober birds:
Saturday: Crowned Parrot
Sunday: Red-footed Booby
Monday: Golden Plover
Tuesday: Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wednesday: Tree Swallow
Thursday: Northern Waterthrush
Today's bird, the Olive Warbler, lives in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. There is a little bit of olive green on the wings, but olive certainly isn't the main color of these birds: the male is more orange and the female more yellow.
Hopping on branches
in the ponderosa pines
the Olive Warbler isn't concerned
that it's neither olive nor a warbler.
It's more interested in finding
a crunchy, delicious bug to eat.
©Ruth Bowen Hersey
5 comments:
Thank you for the introduction to the Olive Warbler, Ruth! Your poem perfectly captures its paradoxes.
I love that the Olive Warbler is unconcerned about its color or its name --that it simply sings is enough for me! Thank you for including the links, Ruth!
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a chance to rename a bird or two? Thanks for sharing this wee cutie. It reminds me of a wren
The warbler is so cute as it warbles. You poem addresses what I was wondering about the name Olive. Thanks for sharing more October bird gems!
Maybe we could rename it after its crackley song… Fun poem thanks Ruth!
Post a Comment