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| Red-winged Blackbird |
From the topmost prominence
along the Halibut Point quarry came a liquid trilling song, seductively sweet
with a touch of laryngitis. A male Red-winged Blackbird seemed to be sounding his availability, his triumph, and
his domain all‒at once.
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| Baltimore Oriole |
A little later a Baltimore
Oriole took advantage of the same promontory for his own announcements. It
sounded more appealing to human ears, but I guess we can't say either song is
'better' than the other. They each result in the renewal of its species.
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| Kingbird pair exchanging bows |
All the while ecstatic chirps
poured from a Kingbird pair as they bowed and flirted through the treetops.
They chased each other in
zigzags, backwards somersaults, and other aerial acrobatics.
The male revealed his red patch of crown feathers during his most ardent displays.
It culminated in the Kingbird's
coronation of the courtship consummation‒a tumbling mouthful of
words to match his gyrations.
Whether recorded in words
or images the impulse to art is just a reach for the wonders of experience.
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