" A Tale "...

" A Tale "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

A tale
of plucky luck
masked ducks
ruddy ducks
old and young
wing beats
rapidly buzzing
sharp squeaks
thin tweets
muffled
popping series
feet running
lightly clustered
diving ducks
breeding
non-breeding
very distinctive
white-winged
thin whistling
over-wintering
rare visitors
escaping captivity
stocky and dark
relatively large
white head spots
easy marks
tundra ponds
Harlequins
rising twisting
yodeling over
shallow open oceans
diving motions
wings tightly closed
green-winged
blue-winged teals
shallow weedy
feeding on seeds
quacking deeply
wings rattling
striking patterns
straining plankton
very plain gray legs
dabbling aquatic plants
swimming in pairs
domestic variation
undertails
reedy laughing...