Hmmm, would the good days be as good if the bad days were not as bad? It has been a crazy, chaotic work week. One of those weeks where your hope is just to make it to the weekend with your sanity more or less intact. An encore performance by winter thrown in seemed almost […]
Random Act of Metaphor – A Turkey Vulture Battling Rogue Winds
April 8th, 2017 Comments Off on Random Act of Metaphor – A Turkey Vulture Battling Rogue Winds
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · stay the course · Turkey Vulture
Monarch Butterflies: The Fragile Intersection of Humans and Nature
August 8th, 2015 Comments Off on Monarch Butterflies: The Fragile Intersection of Humans and Nature
A plea to act now while Monarch butterflies still grace us with their beauty and the miracle of their migration.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · milkweed · Monarch butterfly · Nature
Intoxicated by the First Exhale of May
May 3rd, 2013 Comments Off on Intoxicated by the First Exhale of May
Anticipating the first May weekend at Second Marsh on the trails I know so well.
Tags: ducks · May · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · Second Marsh · sparrows · spring · vireos · warblers
Rising to the Soulful Call of the Migration Spectacle
March 9th, 2013 Comments Off on Rising to the Soulful Call of the Migration Spectacle
In a world of unrelenting change, the migration spectacle reaffirms our faith.
Tags: Bufflehead · Coot · Goldeneye · Killeer · Long-tailed Duck · Merganser · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · Tundra Swan
AWAKENING TO SPRING’S GRAND SPECTACLE OF WINGS
March 11th, 2012 Comments Off on AWAKENING TO SPRING’S GRAND SPECTACLE OF WINGS
Eager anticipation of the grand spectacle of the spring migration.
Tags: flycatchers · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · spring · thrushes · warblers
Three Trips to the Moon and Back: Outlasting Winter
January 9th, 2012 Comments Off on Three Trips to the Moon and Back: Outlasting Winter
A mid-winter amble through the wonders of nature as I yearn for spring.
Tags: birds · butterflies · dragonflies · flight · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration
ON THE EVE OF SEPTMBER: Bittersweet She Beckons
August 27th, 2011 Comments Off on ON THE EVE OF SEPTMBER: Bittersweet She Beckons
Giving in to the bittersweet beckoning of September and the graces she bestows.
Tags: birds · butterflies · harvest · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · September
RANDOM ACT OF METAPHOR: A SUNBURST OF BIRDS
August 29th, 2010 Comments Off on RANDOM ACT OF METAPHOR: A SUNBURST OF BIRDS
How a sudden sunburst of birds brightened an otherwise dreary bird-watching day and the lesson that came with it.
Tags: bird-watching · birding · fallout · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration
RANDOM ACT OF METAPHOR: An American Bittern in the Weeds
May 16th, 2010 Comments Off on RANDOM ACT OF METAPHOR: An American Bittern in the Weeds
An American Bittern showed up in a most unusual place. Migrations, be they measured in miles or in heart beats or in days, take us to strange places and we are the stronger for it.
Tags: American Bittern · Leslie Street Spit · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration
Texas Postcards and the Heart’s Desire
May 2nd, 2010 Comments Off on Texas Postcards and the Heart’s Desire
Memory postcards from my Texas bird watching tour and a lesson learned from “The Drip” in Boy Scout Woods, High Island.
Tags: birdwatching · High Island · Kentucky Warbler · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · Painted Bunting · Red-cockaded Woodpecker · Texas