While hiking through
a serene wilderness
winter wonderland.
A majestic magpie soars in and perches on a pine
tree branch. One metre in front of me.
Magpie, sporting a breast of snow-white, black wing bars,
head and neck napped in midnight black.
Magpie looks me in the eye; then begins to perform.
Flitting from the pine tree branch to a nearby Saskatoon bush.
Magpie performs the unique exquisite mountain bird walk
in the Saskatoon bush maze.
Magpie rises to the maze's exit. Perching here, magpie begins
chattering, expressing the magnitude of Nature's true serenity.
Magpie changes direction; swooping down from the Saskatoon bush
maze
to a snow-capped boulder beside the trail.
Magpie salutes the naturalist, then taking the leading edge of
a prolific
rising air current, glides away, higher up the south slope.
Magpie touches down on the crown of a young bull pine tree.
Evaluating magpie's various wilderness perches.
My taste for what Nature has to offer the birds of the wild
has empowered me. Increasing my knowledge, in what Nature has
to offer.
Various magpie perches, at various times are shared by birds of
a feather....
