Wednesday 13 May 2015

Cuckoo duet


Another spring
And an unseen bird

Are in the woods
Of Exelberg.

I can hear
The two-note tone.

Deep in
The woods

Of Schwarzenberg
The same

Two notes
For talk.

"Look who!"
The metronome.

"Look who!"
The tuning-fork.

The clocks of spring
Run on.



6 comments:

  1. How lucky you are Gwil. We have not had a cuckoo for years here. They have obviously all stayed in Vienna.

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    1. I just read that they can lay up to 25 eggs in other birds nests. They always lay them in the afternoon. They like to eat hairy caterpillars.

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  2. We have more than usual judging by the sound of them. Maybe your cuckoos and some extra ones from Switzerland.

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  3. I like the heron and his reflection in the water.

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  4. Thanks Rachel, I couldn't get any nearer for a clearer picture. I only have a cheap camera from Aldi I sometimes take on my walks so I had to use the zoom and then enhance the green with the computer which made the heron whiter than it really was, but then I was happy with the end result. You can only work with what you've got.

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    1. I thought the heron looked very stand-out White.

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