Twas the night of the fledging and all through the house
All the owlets were screeching and each had a mouse
The landing pad placed by Carlos with care,
The viewers all thought, "We're so glad that's there."
Most people were watching and some went to bed
While visions of owlets danced in their heads.
Molly in a palm tree, McGee on a hunt
Had just gobbled down a big gopher for lunch.
Soon little Max, determined to fly
Jumps out the door and waves a goodbye.
Three little ones left to follow each other
With all of us thinking, "Good grief, where's their mother?"
From out of the darkness Molly appears,
With a great gasp we say, "Oh thank God she's here."
Then with a swift glide, McGee finally came.
He hooted and hollered and called them by name:
"Now Max! Now Pattison! Now Austin and Wesley!
From the perch just watch and repeat after me!
Don't go until after you hear me call,
Now fly away, fly away, fly away all."
April 27, 2010
Dedication to Zorro the Mouse: ( the mouse that got away from Molly)
Hello little mouse
Is that you that I see
Don't mean to frighten you
My name is McGee
You shouldn't be roaming
Out here all alone
There are hungry little owlets
Waiting at home
But since you are small
I'll leave you be
Just tell all the rabbits
To BEWARE of McGee
4/16/2010
Once upon a time
Not to far away
The world fell in love
With two birds of prey
A female named Molly
And her mate McGee
Then the expansion
~their family~
Four owlets have captured
Our lives all by storm
And a little "dud" egg
In which Molly kept warm
Soon they will fledge
And our lives must go on
But we will always remember
Their beautiful "song" (screeching)
4/16/10
The day will soon come
When our owls will leave
We all will be sad
And I'm sure we will grieve
But we all will be grateful
For this wonderful site
That's been consuming our lives
Both day and night
Thank you, Carlos and Donna
For bringing us this
For when that day comes
You too will be missed
4/12/10
There once was an owl named Max
"Whoo" became famous the day that he hatched
It didin't take long
For him to grow strong
And let his mom, Molly, RELAX
4/09/10
HAIKU!!!!
Sleeping peacefully
In the California Sun
Dreaming of tonight
4/27/10
Comments (4)
Sherry Vann said
at 5:47 pm on Apr 27, 2010
Love this Kristi
James Hill said
at 5:48 pm on Apr 27, 2010
Wonderful! Good job on the poem and the wiki. You rock (and roll.)
Chris said
at 5:12 pm on Apr 30, 2010
Yahoo! You got it!
Gloria Whitfield said
at 7:33 am on Oct 25, 2010
Kristi, I love these! Sat here with a broad grin on my face as I read them like a child with wonder. Really precious!
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