<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b>Autumn Birds</b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>By John Clare</div><div><br></div><div>The wild duck startles like a sudden thought,</div><div>And heron slows as if it might be caught;</div><div>The flopping crows on weary wings go by,</div><div>And greybeard jackdaws, noising as they fly;</div><div>The crowds of starlings whizz and hurry by</div><div>And darken like a cloud the evening sky;</div><div>The larks like thunder rise and suther round</div><div>Then drop and nest in the stubble ground;</div><div>The wild swan hurries high and noises loud,</div><div>With white neck peering to the evening cloud.</div><div>The weary rooks to distant woods are gone;</div><div>With length of tail the magpie winnows on</div><div>To neighboring tree, and leaves the distant crow,</div><div>While small birds nestle in the hedge below.</div></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>