I took this photo of a snowy owl in North Dakota two years ago, and I’m posting it today because I just heard that the big snowy hanging around the Sax-Zim bog near here went to that great tundra in the sky a few days ago. Apparently, he was sitting on the railroad tracks and zoning out as snowy owls do (see photo above), and the feathers flew. Sad, and I was hoping to get a shot of him. Anyway, it made me think of this silly shadorma:
they say that
birds are dinosaurs;
that’s true in
most respects,
but who’d you invite to lunch–
t-bird or t-rex?
–photo by me
michaeljordahl 
So good! Fantastic.
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Thank you, Yassy!
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Welcome
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What? The bird got the crunch from the train?
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Unfortunately, yea, caboose and all.
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That’s a real bummer, I wonder why the bird didn’t get off the track? Poor thing…
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Seriously, the owl was run over by a train? That is sad, can’t even phantom that thought. Beautiful photo of one of God’s beautiful creatures. Happy day!
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Thank you, Lane, and happy day to you, too!
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So sad and dramatic an ending for that owl. Not wise at all so that defies the mythology. Delightful poem!
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Yea, so much for the wise owl metaphor. Thanks, Shelley!
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