Comments on: I and the Bird #113

By: Mark Bowers

Mark Bowers — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:36:13 +0000

Really nice! I always have enjoyed reading pieces in Thoreau’s “Journal” – reminds me a lot of that.

By: Gallicissa

Gallicissa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15:34 +0000

Great presentation!
Sorry I got late to drop by.

By: Liza Lee Miller

Liza Lee Miller — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:58:01 +0000

Love it. Great job!

By: November blog carnivals « the Marvelous in nature

November blog carnivals « the Marvelous in nature — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:44:11 +0000

[...] an enjoyable edition filled with quotations and verse. Matt put a lot of work into this one – head over and check it [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:01:13 +0000

Beautiful post Matt. The theme shows the work that has gone into making this edition. Congratulations.

By: Snail

Snail — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:15:18 +0000

What a delightful IatB! I probably shouldn’t mention what a riflebird’s song really sounds like. I’ll just leave it as ‘nice feathers, shame about the voice’.

By: Matthew Sarver

Matthew Sarver — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:12:56 +0000

Thanks Jennifer! You know, the Burroughs quote is from his discussion of Emerson’s poem “The Titmouse”, which actually refers to a chickadee. Emerson may have been a great essayist, but apparently he couldn’t keep his parids straight! The sapsucker myth is very cool, indeed, especially the odd concept (not quoted above) of the strange little naked, featherless sapsucker going about his daily routine before he encounters the elder who grants him plumage.

By: Jennifer W. Hanson

Jennifer W. Hanson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:24:33 +0000

This really is a terrific edition of IATB. I particularly loved the sapsucker myth and the Burroughs chickadee quote, but the whole eclectic mix of quotes you’ve found is impressive. It just shows that birds catch people’s imaginations, and that there are many different ways of setting that impulse down in writing.

By: Matthew Sarver

Matthew Sarver — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:10:38 +0000

Thank you everyone for reading and for your kind words about the post! I’d like invite you all to subscribe to my feed. I blog as often as possible, but usually not more than about once a week, so subscribing is really the best way to follow the site. Thanks to all of the contributors for their submissions, and thanks to Mike at 10,000 Birds for allowing me to host. It was a lot of work, but fun!

By: Matthew Sarver

Matthew Sarver — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:04:12 +0000

Thank you Dave! I’ve been enjoying your Morning Porch poems all year… I really should’ve searched though them for something to include here! Keep up the good work over there.