Day 207

July 26, 2022

a continuing saga

The Saga of a Rookery

 

March until July heron

commune in sieges high

in the dead tree tops above

still waters, frog lands.

 

Build stick nests, lay large eggs.

Mom and Dad sit tending them

until furry chicks turn to

prehistoric bird kin.

 

Adults stand guard for all nests

screeching when eagles

approach, mother heron’s beak

a saber so strong.

 

This summer eagle won. Sadly

massacred the chattering

feathered dinosaur young ones.

Adults scattered once more.

 

Bullfrog now in abundance

dragonflies less secure

Three herons teach aloneness

like soldiers below those nests.

 

This is the saga of a

rookery during summertime.

Community birds half the time

teachers of patience the rest.