Date: 6/4/25 6:08 am From: Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Birding along Leonard Ranch Road (Maysville)
BIRDING ALONG LEONARD RANCH ROAD
https://ebird.org/checklist/S246583412 … For a few hours …
… just a few…
… while a south wind hums its way down powerlines …
… and hayfields of a former tallgrass prairie ...
… and wind owns an infinity of grass.
Wind makes the old former prairie into a dance again
With elegant and eligible white Penstemons.
With pink prairie roses waiting deep in green grass.
Where Dickcissels and Eastern Meadowlarks as in ages past sing.
Where vultures tip and turn among caravans of clouds.
Where I wait patiently for Northern Bobwhites(!) but hear none.
I’m thankful for Eastern Kingbirds and Loggerhead Shrikes.
… In this one place …
… every year …
… a monument to remind …
… swaying in the wind ...
… Blue Larkspurs atop prairie mounds.
