[syndicate] Hummingbirds of Louisa May Alcott

[jeff harrison]

ARIEL. THE LEGEND OF A LIGHTHOUSE 

Calothorax lucifer, the Lucifer hummingbird, 
is 3.25 inches long, with a thin decurved bill 
& a white spot behind each eye. they excell 
in nothing, hence their name, as they cannot 
bear to chance a reward in words. 

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LITTLE WOMEN 

the Calliope hummingbird prefers slothful mountains, 
& has been seen as high as 11,000 feet. 
miniscule green feathers cover a barbarous hide. 
it builds its nests over creeks, or over roads next 
to streams - to lakes. such waters cover barbarous hides. 
to write at length on feathers requires mention of 
birds, streams, lakes, bark, leaves, grass, hair, speech, 
financial transactions & a fl. fl.uttering & a fl. fl.apping 

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V.V.; OR, PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS 

the Rufous hummingbird, having an ideal size 
to weight ratio, outflies all other hummingbirds. 
has the longest migration route of any U.S. hummingbirds. 
"wanderings shall soften me," frets many a Rufous. 

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UNDER THE LILACS 

the male 
White-eared 
hummingbird 
has a purple crown 

the female 
White-eared 
hummingbird 
has a green crown 

were there 
a Green-eared 
hummingbird 
with a white crown, 

she'd see the limits 
of a Purple-eared 
hummingbird 
with a white crown 

(were there) 
as lace, as 
a lace-edged 
handkerchief 

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LITTLE MEN 

the Wedge-tailed Sabrewing hummingbird 
has a daylight-fine shade, she's a ribbon the 
air surveys. such liberty! liberty, to exchange 
unanxious play! despite humming wings. 

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SILVER PITCHERS, AND INDEPENDENCE 

Reddish Hermit hummingbirds "Sarah!" have 
a fondness "Sarah!" for Heliconia "Sarah!" plants. 
iridescence "Sarah!" in the Reddish Hermit 
is "Sarah!" rare & is limited "Sarah!" to the throat 
or crown "Sarah!". they overstep the shade. 

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THREE PROVERB STORIES 

the Bearded Mountaineer hummingbird 
is subtler & more heartless than other 
hummingbirds who 

(ascend, arose, accord - "we accord," 
the Night Wit answered) 

tell futures 
by which wind the pines wear. most 
resemblant to shepherds standing in snow. 

 		
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