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xena upside's avatar

Beautiful,

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This was a rare visitor to a remote location of which I frequented over decades, the previous days, in narrow roads and blocking emergency exits and private land and local people's property, of which I knew 2. Families, they encroached in their obsession, and really selfish and possessed, foaming lunatics, it was a fairy tern or thereabouts, I slept on the beach 2 days later, and here she is, all the arseholes long gone and none of them got a picture of this lovely off migratory aspect sweet thing, but it lit upon this post above my head, sweet

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Or it may have been called a delicate tern, something in that arena, the fact it was a ground nesting protected site anyway, makes ya wonder why hundreds of twitchers would even contemplate disturbing their obsession and misguided madness, I noticed, amongst the throng of clamour, 98% were males. I'm a man, and I would rather have been home with my lover, (woman), yet these weirdo's, with thousands of pounds of camera's and tripods, stamp over humanity for a unnecessary stampede to tick a bird 🐦 off the list. Ironically chronically moronically, ignorant of there supposed collective conversation of environmental nurture and surveys and monitoring species, et al, hmmmmmmm

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Nancy's avatar

Love this. Totally agree.

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Ash Kilback's avatar

Thank you Nancy, glad to know this poem spoke to you!

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

This is lovely. I've always wanted to see the sandhill cranes.

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Ash Kilback's avatar

Me too! I would love to visit the Platte River to see this spectacle during migration.

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Jan's avatar

Was easy to visualize!

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Ash Kilback's avatar

Glad that you could see this vivid image of the cranes while reading it ☺️

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sonja ringo's avatar

Stunning poem!!!

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Ash Kilback's avatar

Thank you sweet friend!! 💛

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Mike Speriosu's avatar

Gorgeous, Ash.

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Ash Kilback's avatar

Thanks Mike!! 🙏🏼

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Cara Amy Goldthorpe's avatar

This is so beautiful Ash! 🥹❤️

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Ash Kilback's avatar

Thank you my friend! ❤️

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