January 10, 2016 Belted Kingfisher Over the Wetlands

The Cottonwood Trail has mud puddles and big pot holes all along the way from the heavy rains that have pelted the region.  Finally, the sky overhead is blue. Clouds drift slowly, puffy and white.

A Belted Kingfisher soars high over the boardwalk, screaming its rattling cry and alights on a limb of a bare tree.  I can see its powder blue underside, its white neck band, its big head with shaggy crest and long thick bill.

I hear the chorus of frogs singing.  This can't be. It is far too early.  But it is.

They are singing the AIR by J.S. Bach from Orchestral Suite No. 3 as performed by Yoyo Ma and Bobby McFerrin.

HUSH  Yoyo Ma and Bobby McFerrin recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios, Woodstock NY on August 22-25, 1991