Monday, March 28, 2011

"The Little Beach Sanderling"

BY the beach border, where the breeze
Comes freighted from the briny seas,
By sandy bar and weedy rock,
I frequent meet thy roving flock;
Now hovering o'er the bending sedge,
Now gather'd at the ocean edge;
Probing the sands for shrimps and shells,
Or worms marine in hidden cells,
A restless and inconstant band,
Forever flitting o'er the sand.
--Isaac McClellan ("The Little Beach Sanderling")

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19 comments:

  1. MontanagirlMarch 28, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    I bet they're har to photograph! Need a fast lens. That's a pretty cool poem that describes them too!

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  2. Lois EvensenMarch 28, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Yes, very fast and very delicate looking. Nice image!

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  3. Kathy A. JohnsonMarch 28, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Love the combination of photo and poem.

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  4. Hilke BrederMarch 28, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Lovely poem and photo, Kelly! It brings back great memories of my visits to Plum Island.

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  5. forgetmenotMarch 28, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Yes, he definitely is flitting over the sand. Must be in a real hurry. Very nice shot--but when aren't your shots phenomenal!!

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  6. ElaineMarch 28, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Perfect poem to go with your lovely photo!

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  7. Laure FerlitaMarch 28, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Nice catch! Those things are amazingly fast and darn difficult to capture without blur!

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  8. Susan EllisMarch 28, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    I love watching Sanderlings, as they run from here to there and back again...so cute and intent on every little teeny piece of flotsam that might taste good.Lovely photo!! You've captured the intensity of the hunt perfectly!

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  9. Wanda.....March 28, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Thanks for the sweet readings and photo, Kelly.

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  10. Anne McCormackMarch 28, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    I love the way he's got all his weight on one leg!

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  11. ShySongbirdMarch 28, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    A lovely photo Kelly and I love the poem too (of course) ;)

    Beautiful painting on the previous post, your 'invented' flowers are so pretty!

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  12. RoyMarch 28, 2011 at 11:59 PM

    Oh gee, I'm homesick again!

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  13. LynetteMarch 29, 2011 at 1:10 AM

    Sweet.

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  14. Appalachian LadyMarch 29, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Great composition in that photo--makes you feel the bird's energy. I love that poem as well.

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  15. MarieMarch 29, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Nice shot! Don't you just adore these little birds? I finished a piece last week of three Sanderlings running across a beach--pop over and check it out if you haven't seen it yet.

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  16. Debbie Miller @HooootOwlMarch 29, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    Wonderful photo and poem to complement it.

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  17. KellyMarch 29, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    ...thanks, everyone! I'm the same...I love watching them dart back and forth with the waves. Happy, happy...and hard workers too. I loved this photo because he reminds me of a running back...I can totally see a small football shell tucked under that wing! :-)

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  18. EApril 2, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    Beautiful paintings and pics, Kelly, congrats and many hugs.

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  19. laurent DebordesApril 3, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    excellent et très dynamique

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