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The Buffleheads' Return opus 522

6 February 2025 1030 Hours Ornithology, Migration, Poetry
Such a simple source of joy--
After six years--a return to my pond
Of the elegant but small black and white
Diving duck, arriving momentarily on its
Southward migration from the Arctic north.
This perky, white-crowned creature of flight
Of course, could do nothing else
But create joy in the eye of the beholder.