"Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me they long to be
close to you."
"Close To You"
~ Burt Bacharach & Hal David
1963
Perhaps these mourning doves were thinking
of the song made popular by the Carpenters as they
shared a spot on the wire on a summer afternoon
in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."
~ Louisa May Alcott
(1832-1888)
Sweet and gentle mourning dove is perched on a wire
on a May afternoon at Wehr's Covered Bridge Park,
Orefield, Pennsylvania.
