Watching a couple of crows
playing around in the woods, swooping
in low after each other, I wonder
if they ever slam into the trees.
...but rarely does a crow
hit a tree, though other, clumsier birds
bang into them all the time, and we say
these birds have not adapted well
to the forest environment.
Frequently stunned, they become
easy prey for the wily fox,
who's learned how to listen
for that snapping of branches
and collapsing of wings,
who knows where to go
and what to do when he gets there.
From The Questions Poems Ask by Lawrence Raab
2 comments:
That is an interesting poem. It surprises me that more birds don't come to grief whilst flying through the trees in the forest and even in my garden .. . they seem to be able to navigate themselves between the leaves and branches with great skill.
xoxo ♥
Dianne,
They usually do not come to grief from branches, although I did encounter a young eagle that was blown into a tree during a windtstorm and broke their wing.
Corby
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