I thought you might like a few educational verses .... after all, the whole point of verse is that it makes things easier to remember, or if you like, harder to forget.... .. and first up ,here's a dinky bit of criticism .... The Blackcap's very interesting But not, I think, when it is nesting A sighting, though, in mid-December We're much more likely to remember. Yes, I think you know what we're getting at there. This next one is about the illogical names of many birds..... The cowbird has neither horn nor hoof Nor udders, which is surely proof That birds are named capriciously By halfwits, most illogically. You all know what I'm talking about there folks . So here's a good way of remembering what bird-namers ought ... and ought not .. to be doing ... Birds should be named by what they do Like the Dipper, Grouse and Loon, The Moa, Skimmer, Swan, Cuck-oo, The Bellbird with its ringing tune. But most are not, e.g. the Gannet Which flies ,widdershins, round fair Annet and the Ptarmigan, which does neither "Pt" nor "arm" nor "igan" either. And what about the Black-winged Stilt Which doesn't "winge" and doesn't "tilt" It "lacks" for nothing, especially "B" Its naming is a travesty. Worst of all, the Cormorant ! It's not a Corm ( a gardener's word) And not an Ant ( the thought's absurd) It's namer must be ignorant !! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's all sadly true .... what we need on the "bird-naming" job is a top brain like Boris "Blunderbus" Johnson and/or Michael "Frog-features" Gove. I'm sure they're up for it. We didn't get to see the lunar eclipse last night ... in fact, it rained quite a bit. We did have 3 hedgehogs trundling round the garden though. Right .. music ... we've done cowbirds ... now Neil Young in doing the lovely and smashing " Cowgirl in the Sand" ..... and why not.. it's chunky, a bit funky, maybe a trifle clunky ... but that's live music for you ......
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