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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Me and Paul

Lorna took this photo of Paul Prappas and I shortly after our Rose-throated Becard vanished before we were able to get a camera on it - both feeling a combination of exhilaration and dismay - staring at a hole in space where a bird once perched, Paul dreaming of what might have been. 

Paul reported it to eBird and the next morning when I walked down to the park there were already people milling about searching the trees. We have occasionally checked the neighborhood since, but the bird has proven to be a "one day wonder". 

2 comments:

Redwing said...

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. And of course, Willie Nelson's tune "Me and Paul" hits the right chord.

Gunnar Berg said...

It's been rough and rocky travelin'.