A Carolina Wren was also singing today in our Caledonia Street
neighborhood. Hadn’t heard it in a month or so.
    Jeff MacQueen,  St. J

On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, Neil Buckley <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi Maeve:
>
> I believe the poem's about a European robin, *Erithacus rubecula*, the
> "original" robin, so to speak. They sing very loudly all winter and are
> beloved in the British Isles for their tameness and
> familiarity (Continental Robins on the other hand are much more retiring).
> I have very fond memories of Irish robins livening up the long winter
> evenings  when I was growing up in Cork.
>
> Neil Buckley
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:46 AM Maeve Kim <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I first heard this short poem from my father, and I’m sure it’s about a
> > Carolina Wren:
> >
> > “I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.
> >
> > A magical thing. And sweet to remember
> >
> > We are nearer to Spring than we were in September.
> >
> > I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.”
> >
> >                            Oliver Herford
> > Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Jan 13, 2021, at 8:58 AM, Sue Wetmore <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > My Carolina wren was also singing which was a nature moment to savor.
> > > Sue Wetmore
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPod
> > >
> > >> On Jan 13, 2021, at 8:45 AM, Veer Frost <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Almost unbearably moving in this distraught moment we are in.Veer
> > >> Frost, Passumpsic NEK
> > >>
> > >> They have lost what is real (I Ching)
> >
>
>
> --
> Dr. Neil Buckley, M.Sc., Ph.D.
> Associate Professor and Chairman
> Department of Biological Sciences
> SUNY Plattsburgh,
> Plattsburgh, NY 12901
> 518 564 5165
>