Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Clearly, I've Become A Bird Freak

What is it with these cardinals in Central Park? These are migratory birds. I must learn where they come from. Did they fly down from Canada, the Adirondacks, Nanuet?

Something about the red in the white, of course, that makes you pull out your phone to take a picture and reminds you to bring the good camera next time.

There is a long history of writers who love birds, gay men who go birding, and gay writers who cannot stop talking about birds. I will not become one, exactly. But in the park, there are so many birds all year long, it seems worth the time to give them a look and a mention.

Squirrels and raccoons, too, sure. They are there. But those beasts are not as interesting or as beautiful as the cardinals.

It is a big ol' blizzard out there tonight. People in New York City act like they have never seen snow before. This is unexpected behavior.

More birds.

 
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1 comment:

Todd HellsKitchen said...

As a kid, I always loved cardinals... Blue Jays too... I always thought they should marry each other and then have little Purple Martin babies.