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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

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“Rabeneltern” – raven parents Raven parents, raven mothers, raven fathers – shame on you all, for you are neglecting your children. You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls. You know, cavity breeders. I’d like to point out though that “owly“ is a poor translation.

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After The Birds Of Summer Have Gone

10,000 Birds

It is the featureless nature of the sea of blue, spanning from horizon to horizon, its neglect of offering a foothold to the wandering eye that binds my thoughts. They are the first of our migrant breeders to go, and they are gone by the beginning of August. The sky has been haunting me for days now. They have gone. That is early.

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