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Song Thrush - Turdus Philomelos
The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which has repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referred to in poetry.
The song thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks, and is partially migratory with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East; it has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia. Although it is not threatened globally, there have been serious population declines in parts of Europe, possibly due to changes in farming practices.
The song thrush builds a neat mud-lined cup nest in a bush or tree and lays four to five dark-spotted blue eggs. It is omnivorous and has the habit of using a favourite stone as an "anvil" on which to break open the shells of snails. Like other perching birds (passerines), it is affected by external and internal parasites and is vulnerable to predation by cats and birds of prey.
The song thrush has an extensive range, estimated at 10 million square kilometres (3.8 million square miles), and a large population, with an estimated 40 to 71 million individuals in Europe alone.
In the western Palaearctic, there is evidence of population decline, but at a level below the threshold required for global conservation concern (i.e., a reduction in numbers of more than 30% in ten years or three generations) and the IUCN Red List categorises this species as of "Least Concern". In Great Britain and the Netherlands, there has been a more than 50% decline in population, and the song thrush is included in regional Red Lists. The decreases are greatest in farmlands (73% since the mid-1970s) and believed to be due to changes in agricultural practices in recent decades.
The precise reasons for the decline are not known but may be related to the loss of hedgerows, a move to sowing crops in autumn rather than spring, and possibly the increased use of pesticides. These changes may have reduced the availability of food and of nest sites. In gardens, the use of poison bait to control slugs and snails may pose a threat. In urban areas, some thrushes are killed while using the hard surface of roads to smash snails.
Many Poets and Writers have referenced the Song Thrush, here is one example:
In The Tables Turned, Romantic poet William Wordsworth references the song thrush, writing
Hark, how blithe the throstle sings
And he is no mean preacher
Come forth into the light of things
Let Nature be your teacher
The song thrush is the emblem of West Bromwich Albion Football Club, chosen because the public house in which the team used to change kept a pet thrush in a cage. It also gave rise to Albion's early nickname, The Throstles.
You got a face not spoiled by beauty
I have some scars from where I've been
You've got eyes that can see right through me
You're not afraid of anything they've seen
I was told that I would feel nothing the first time
I don't know how these cuts heal
But in you I found a rhyme
If there is a light
You can't always see
And there is a world
We can't always be
If there is a dark
Now we shouldn't doubt
And there is a light
Don't let it go out
And this is a song
A song for someone
This is a song
A song for someone
You let me into a conversation
A conversation only we could make
You break and enter my imagination
Whatever's in there
It's yours to take
I was told I'd feel nothing the first time
You were slow to heal
But this could be the night
If there is a light
You can't always see
And there is a world
We can't always be
If there is a dark
Within and without
And there is a light
Don't let it go out
Easy to find by their boisterous singing, the Song Sparrow doesn't seem to mind the attention of us nature photographers.
Wawanosh Wetlands, Sarnia, ON
Image of a Song Thrush taken from a woodland hide in the Hortobagy region of Hungary.
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A bird that I hear everyday in my backyard, but still one of my favorite shots from my visit to Quivira.
I don't see many Song Sparrows at my home here in Yakima County, Washington, and when I do they usually do not stay out in the open long enough for me to photograph them. This one allowed me to photograph him/her. IMG_5108
- The Skinnery: Song skin applier/shape (Bronze Tone) on Lelutka Erin 1.2 bento head
@Kustom9 July round
after @The Skinnery Mainstore
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- Camo: Amber Dreads
@Access July round
after @Camo Mainstore
or @Marketplace
- Pumec: Last Hero mesh ears
- Shiny Stuffs: Hotlines Liners - (Lelutka Evo)
- Avi-Glam: Lit Eyes gacha set (Common-04)
This Song Sparrow spotted foraging at the side of a small pond along a Cootes Paradise trail in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario.
(Melospiza melodia)
It collected worms for his younglings.
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"I read within a poet's book
A word that starred the page:
"Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage!"
Yes, that is true; and something more
You'll find, where'er you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make a home.
But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home-sweet-home:
For there the heart can rest."
- A Home Song by Henry Van Dyke
Smile on Saturday ~ Song Title
'Flowers in the Rain'
Singer/Songwriter: David Russel Gordon Davies (Dave Davies)
...And I miss you most of all
When I see Flowers in the Rain...
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ogni cosa attorno
ha l'odore inalterato dell'assenza.
è ciò che accade quando
i contorni di un ricordo
si sgretolano in frammenti infinitesimali.
in realtà tutto rimane com'era,
è la percezione che cambia.
è la differenza tra una tela appena dipinta
e la medesima tela trecento anni dopo.
le crepe nel colore.
la medesima immagine,
si scompone senza cambiare veramente.
ed io mi ritrovo qui
in un punto causale di uno spazio casuale,
dove tutto attorno è teso,
sul punto di sgretolarsi.
e la soddisfazione è infinita
in quell'istante,
prima che tutto vada in pezzi,
prima che tutto giunga al termine.
bianco e nero sono il medesimo colore
nel mio pensiero circolare.
è tutto qui.
e ciclicamente si ripete.
soundtrack [65daysofstatic * Don't Go Down to Sorrow]
view/read/listen with its twin image/text/song here
This song sparrow was busy investigating the side of the trail, and didn't really care that I had squatted near for images.
This guy picked a nicely illuminated spot to hang out for a few moments, giving me an opportunity to get a few shots off. Glendale, Missouri
This Song Sparrow is holding on tight with a gusty wind in City View Park, Burlington, Ontario
(Melospiza melodia)