I'm enjoying doing Birdtober for the fifth time. Andrea Holmes puts out these prompts every year for visual artists, but I use them to learn about birds and write poems every day of October. I always find that my busy days are more fun when I'm doing some tiny little creative thing like this.
Here are this week's Birdtober posts:
Wednesday: Diamond Firetail Finch
Thursday: White-crested Helmetshrike
Today's bird, the Kalij Pheasant, is found in the Himalayas and has also been introduced to Hawaii. And apparently, it lives in constant fear. (See the video.)
(Summary of the video in case you don't have four minutes for it: the first minute shows Paras getting up in the morning, getting his coffee, and sitting down at his desk. Then he explains that he'll be talking about the Kalij Pheasant, the "Big Boss," who is an "escape artist." He gives more information about the habitat and behavior of this bird. And then he shows details of the kind of danger they face from humans and why they'd feel the need to escape as fast as possible.)
Kalij Pheasant, run away!
You're in danger if you stay.
Lovely Himalayan pheasant,
I wish your life could be more pleasant.
@Ruth Bowen Hersey
(I wrote about another pheasant species here.)
1 comment:
Yes, I agree! More pleasant for the pheasant. You reminded me of Ogden Nash, I think he wrote a bunch of bird/animal poems. Like this one:
The ostrich roams the great Sahara.
Its mouth is wide, its neck is narra.
It has such long and lofty legs,
I'm glad it sits to lay its eggs.
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