March 20, 2008

#71 - The quotable I and The Bird

"One
only has to consider the life force packed tight into that puff of
feathers to lay the mind wide open to the mysteries - the order of
things, the why and the beginning. As we contemplate that sanderling,
there by the shining sea, one question leads inevitably to another, and
all questions come full circle to the questioner, paused momentarily in
his own journey under the sun and sky." - Peter Matthiessen, The Wind
Birds

It is the Vernal Equinox today, one of the two days of the year
when, briefly, we have the same photo period as the rest of the world.
But for the next six months here in the High Arctic we'll have more sun
than everyone south of us, pretty much the all of the world. The
lengthening days mean our birds will soon return, more days will be
spent outside, less time will be spent reading other's words about the
Wild.

This I and the Bird is a celebration of other's words (and images)
of the world's birds, primarily through the posts of the amazingly
diverse I and the Bird blogging community, but also read more  http://kiggavik.typepad.com/the_house_other_arctic_musings