I did a short video about Carolina wrens. Some of the footage was from a long time ago when my camera wasn’t very good, but it has interesting information and some nice winter footage. https://youtu.be/rnQ8W7WamBw From: Jeff MacQueen Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:16 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Carolina wren singing 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 >