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The Wild Geese, a conversation between the author and the North Wind, is a melancholic poem on the theme of homesickness. It was set to music as Norlan' Wind and popularised by Angus singer and songmaker Jim Reid, [8] who also set to music other poems by Jacob and those other Angus poets such as Marion Angus and Helen Cruikshank. [9]
The date of creation of the lyrics are unknown. The inspiration for the poem is described in his memoirs The Wanderer Between Two Worlds: . I was lying as a war volunteer on the forest clearing plowed by grenades as I was a hundred nights before as a listening post and stared into the flickering light of the stormy night which was criss-crossed by the restless spotlights on German and French ...
Perhaps Miner's most significant contribution to the conservation movement was his practice of banding ducks and geese. Although his son claims that Jack was the first person to band birds in North America, [14] it had been introduced by American Leon J. Cole several years earlier. Miner had begun banding ducks and geese in August, 1909. [15]
(The Center Square) – Thousands of snow geese migrating across Pennsylvania have authorities working overtime to mitigate the recent outbreak of bird flu and ensure public safety. The state Game ...
Hundreds of species of unusual birds are on display throughout Ohio this month as they migrate north for the summer.. Those birds range from annual favorites, like the pine warbler, to unexpected ...
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Forty-three species have been recorded in Ohio.
The welfare of the Ohio town’s geese has become an unexpected hot button issue in the 2024 presidential election (Getty Images) The cat, Miss Sassy, was hiding in the basement the whole time ...
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist.His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". [2]