la langue des oiseaux.....

the language of the birds.....

In Norse mythology, the power to understand the language of the birds was a sign of great wisdom.

The concept is also known from many folk tales (including Welsh, Russian, German, Estonian, Greek, Romany), where usually the protagonist is granted the gift of understanding the language of the birds either by some magical transformation, or as a boon by the king of birds. The birds then inform or warn the hero about some danger or hidden treasure.

(from Wikipedia)

For the past few weeks I have noticed the lack of birds and their calls.

Our garden has been devoid of my little creatures

from whom I get so much pleasure.

the robins, the cardinals, the blue jays

the cat bird that sits on the plant holder

or lamp post

and just stares at me

I mentioned it to the man and he said he had noticed their absense too.

We have had not one visit from the ducks this year.

There is a flock of ducks who live here all the time

and they come up into the yard and walk around like they own the place

leaving signs on the patio that they have been!!!

But not this year.

this is from last Spring  2009

The doves that made their nests in the bushes right outside the house

haven't been around for months.

It has been sad not to have them singing and flying around

and it took weeks of their absense for me to notice.

The bird bath has been kept full

I don't put seed out in the Summer

the Squirrels eat it all and if it gets wet it molds

but they always seem to find something to munch on or worms to pull up out of the ground

but not this year.

But this story has a happy ending

no pictures

because they move too fast

but when I went out a little while ago

they were there

flying around the trees

eating the berries on the Dogwood

sitting in the Blue Spruce

picking at whatever

and

singing

their

little

hearts out

You know why?

You don't have to have the magic

or the power

or be a king

or wizard

the answer is

it's raining!!!!

When I next go to the store

I will bring back a big bag of seed

I will fill the feeders

and put fresh water in the bowls

to let them know they were missed

and I'm happy they are back

here

where they belong!!!!

tweet ---tweet

y'all!!!!

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