Stop in your tracks
Don’t just walk by
When you’ve finished reading, close your eyes
How many different songs do you hear?
Two?
Three?
Four?
Even more?
I wonder who is making these songs!
Are they lyrical chirps?
Aggressive squawks?
Are they coos or chirps or knocks or caws?
If there is tapping on the tree, it’s probably a woodpecker
If it’s a raspy CAW then a crow would fit better
The gulls always laugh like they just told a joke
And blue jays sometimes sound like their chirps are choked
Maybe the hoot of an owl?
Maybe you hear nothing at all!
Look up above, search for such things
Look up for feathers and beaks and wings
