While walking along a nature path in Woodbury, Minnesota, a bird flew into a tree nearby and started singing. I had to stop a while and listen. It seemed meant for me. I snapped this photograph that inspired this poem.

At first I thought it was a Song Sparrow. When I got home, I consulted my bird book. It looked similar to a Song Sparrow, except for the white eyebrow. Then I thought it might be a female Purple Martin, but the chest and belly are darker. It turned out to be a female Red-winged Blackbird, of all things. It matched the markings perfectly, and I had seen and heard several males along the path of my walk. That cinched it.

This poem is a 3-5-3 Poem. First line 3 syllables, second 5, third 3.

This photograph was taken by the author himself. The original was a dark sihlouette, but when I adjusted the gamma on the print, the Bird was revealed.

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