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")

19 comments:

Montanagirl said...

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

Lois Evensen said...

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

Kathy A. Johnson said...

Love the combination of photo and poem.

Hilke Breder said...

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

forgetmenot said...

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

Elaine said...

Perfect poem to go with your lovely photo!

Laure Ferlita said...

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

Susan Ellis said...

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!

Wanda..... said...

Thanks for the sweet readings and photo, Kelly.

Anne McCormack said...

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

ShySongbird said...

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

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

Roy said...

Oh gee, I'm homesick again!

Lynette said...

Sweet.

Appalachian Lady said...

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

Marie said...

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.

Debbie Miller @HooootOwl said...

Wonderful photo and poem to complement it.

Kelly said...

...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! :-)

E said...

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

laurent Debordes said...

excellent et très dynamique