Life is Dirty - Let's Clean
it Up!
Friday
April 20, and Monday, April 23 are Heavy
Debris Clean-up Days on the San
Bernard River!
If you can help, meet at the
F.M. 2611 (Churchill) bridge boat ramp at
9:00 a.m. to discuss where the heavy trash
is located - and where to deposit the
collected trash.
Saturday, April 28 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00
p.m. is the regular clean up day.
Birds do it, Bees do it... now, it's time we
get our Spring Cleaning done.
Seen at the
Betty Brown Unit
San Bernard
Wildlife Refuge
Veery Thrush
The Veery,
gets its name from its call. Upon returning to
the breeding grounds about mid May, the male
Veery announces his presence with a song of
hauntingly beautiful, descending, slurred notes.
Easy to hear, he can be maddeningly difficult to
see, mainly because of his ventriloquil
ability. He usually sounds much further away
than he really is. The Veery Thrush sings
considerably later in the evening than most
other birds. During migration, Veerys may be
seen in any heavily wooded areas.
Moving with
short springy hops, Veerys search for and obtain
most of their food - insects and various other
invertebrates - by scratching in the fallen leaf
litter. As the season advances, they also eat
wild fruits and seed.
Their nests
are usually on or near the ground, often on a
log or stump. Four greenish eggs are laid,
incubated for about 12 days. Their young, tended
by both adults, leave the nest when 10-12 days
of age.
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BLOW
softly, thrush, upon the hush
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That
makes the least leaf loud,
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Blow,
wild of heart, remote, apart
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From
all the vocal crowd,
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Apart, remote, a spirit note
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That
dances meltingly afloat,
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Blow
faintly, thrush!
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And
blind the green-hid waterfall
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I
heated for its beauty, and all
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The
unloved vernal rapture and flush,
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The
old forgotten lonely time,
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Delicate thrush!
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Spring ’s at the prime, the world ’s
in chime,
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And
my love is listening nearly;
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O
lightly blow the ancient woe,
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Flute
of the wood, blow clearly!
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Blow,
she is here, and the world all dear,
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Melting flute of the hush,
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Old
sorrow estranged, enriched, sea
changed,
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Breathe it, veery-thrush!
By Joseph Russell Taylor
Resources:Museum of Natural
History/high beam.com
photo:courtesy -Brent Johner
csw4/07
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