Saturday 10 October 2009

Ode to a Skylark. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)


"Hail to thee, blithe spirit -"
Skylark ........Alauda arvensis
Photographed at St Gothian Sands.

6 comments:

  1. You're lucky to have a Skylark. I use to have one, but the Lord of the manor, put up a fence that I can't scale.
    Really good image too; sorry for all the whinging.

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  2. Lovely shot Trevor.
    They always remind me of childhood summers, when I see them climb into the sky singing.

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  3. What a really beautiful photo, I often see them singing up high on one of our local walks but have not seen one perched like that.

    Of course I also loved the extract from the poem. ;)

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  4. Hi Bob. Thanks for the comment. Access is being denied everywhere.

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  5. Hello Keith.
    Yes I am in total agreement with you. When I was a child we played over *The Banks* which was a small heathland with a couple of small pools.The Skylark was quite abundant then singing overhead.

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  6. Hi SSB.

    It is unusual to find them perched..I cannot remember it happening before. Shelley is my favorite poet.

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