Archive for the ‘Cedar Waxwing’ Tag
Sabino Canyon, Cedar Waxwing — Image by kenne
Waxwings
Four Tao philosophers as cedar waxwings
chat on a February berry bush
in sun, and I am one.
Such merriment and such sobriety—
the small wild fruit on the tall stalk—
was this not always my true style?
Above an elegance of snow, beneath
a silk-blue sky a brotherhood of four
birds. Can you mistake us?
To sun, to feast, and to converse
and all together—for this I have abandoned
all my other lives.
— Robert Francis
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Cedar Waxwing — Photo-Artistry by kenne
they come every spring
flights of these impressive birds
attracting birders
— kenne
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Cedar Waxwing Silhouette — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Spiritualists believe waxwings to be a symbol of selfless generosity.
The symbolism of the waxwing totem is believed to teach selflessness
and the practice of giving to others for their benefit, and not your own.
Waxwings are traditionally associated with the politeness you should have
when you give away to others the thing you have craved for or cherished for so long.
— James Common
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Cedar Waxwing — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Hope is the thing with feathers—
that perches in the soul—
and sings the tune without the words—
and never stops—at all—
— Emily Dickinson
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“Lovers In The Sunlight” — Two Cedar Waxwings In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
I walk through a beautiful landscape
Not a vision, not a dream
But a desert port for love birds
Wintering here from the cold dark north
Attracted to the bright sunlight
And the fruit of this land.
— kenne
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Cedar Waxwings — Images by kenne
This time of year flocks of Cedar Waxwings descend on berry-laden trees and hedges in
Sabino Canyon. They are sociable at all seasons, and it is rare to see just one waxwing.
Occasionally a line of waxwings perched on a branch will pass a berry back and forth,
from bill to bill, until one of them swallows it.
— kenne
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Cedar Waxwings On Ocotillo Plant In Sabino Canyon Recreational Area — Image by kenne
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Cedar Waxwing Lovers — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Is it love, or just sharing a berry?
You take one side and I will take the other.
— kenne
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Cedar Waxwing — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
— from Dream Work by Mary Oliver
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Cedar Waxwings — Photo-artistry by kenne
And the first one said
To the second one there
I hope you’re having fun
Band on the run,
Band on the run.
— from Band on the Run by Paul McCartney
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Cedar Waxwings In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Masks or mascara
Staging a day opera
Riders in the sky.
— kenne
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Cedar Waxwing Computer Painting my kenne
This group of very social Cedar Waxwings were photographed yesterday morning (February 24, 2015) in lower Sabino Canyon after an early morning rain. Click on any of the gallery images to see a larger view in a slideshow format.
kenne
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