I see a snipe-like bird by riverside this windy afternoon, which goes off with a sound like creaking tackle.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, November 8, 1854
Saturday, November 8, 2014
November birding
November 8.
I see a snipe-like bird by riverside this windy afternoon, which goes off with a sound like creaking tackle.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, November 8, 1854
See November 8, 1853 ("Birds generally wear the russet dress of nature at this season. They have their fall no less than the plants; the bright tints depart from their foliage or feathers, and they flit past like withered leaves in rustling flocks.")
I see a snipe-like bird by riverside this windy afternoon, which goes off with a sound like creaking tackle.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, November 8, 1854
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