bird-destroyer

Updated: May 24, 2025

Probably the wind which they might have to face in getting up was the prime cause of their being struck. One does not think of the locomotive as a bird-destroyer, though it is well known that many of the smaller mammals often fall beneath it. A very interesting feature of our bird-songs is the wing-song, or song of ecstasy. It is not the gift of many of our birds.

John Burroughs - Ways of Nature