Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Gray Headed Dark-eyed Junco

We know them as ‘snowbirds’ in Tennessee, little pink-billed sparrows that come down to the valley when it snows in the higher elevations. This gray-headed form of the dark eyed junco, with his pretty rufous patch, visited my tent in the Pecos wilderness one early morning, hopping inches from its screened doorway while I wrote.
We miss something, living in houses, that waking intimacy with nature that comes from being still, from being available. Feeling the brisk morning air, hearing the faint rustling of a foraging junco, the whisper of the wind stirring the pine needles overhead—peaceful moments to savor and take home.

2 comments:

  1. What a beautiful bird! So nice to go back to your journal and relive a moment and be able to share it with others. I so love being around nature. It's been awhile since I have spent some time with her...

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  2. Hi indigo-daisy. I love your comments.

    It has been fun to create these posts about New Mexico. Seeing the photos and writing about the moment takes me back to enjoy it again.

    Nature comes alive through our senses and that is part of why we find it so refreshing. It draws us deeper into the moment, leaving day to day worries far away.

    This was a very peaceful and quiet forest--so easy to be still with.

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