Chickadee's Winter Reverie ...

“Our love is a dream, but in my reverie

I can see that this love was meant for me …

My dreams are as worthless as tin to me

Without you, life will never begin to be

So love me as I love you in my reverie

Make my dreams a reality, let’s dispense with formality

Come to me in my reverie …”

               ~ “My Reverie”

      ~ 1938 popular song, lyrics by Larry Clinton, melody based on 1890 piano piece “Reverie” by French classical composer Claude Debussy

        ~ recorded by artists including Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Eddie Duchin, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn & Ella Fitzgerald

Sweet Black-capped Chickadee seems to be in its own winter reverie on a rare warm February day at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

This North American songbird is the symbol of Massachusetts, Maine and New Brunswick, Canada.

Hawk's Winter Watch ...

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

                ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                      ~ 1803-1882 
Regal Red-Tailed Hawk peers from a high perch, gazing over the winter landscape in search of prey as sunset beckons on a February evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

This bird of prey is the most common hawk in North America.

Background texture by Jai Johnson added for artistic effect.