Journey of Words

Blue Mountain Bells

Have you heard the bell bird sing?It fills the forest with its ringWhere the lyre bird scrapes and bowsThe bell bird’s chiming fills the airMaking music for courting pairs~n.b. If you look closely, you can see a male lyre bird, with its long tail feathers bowed, in the centre of this picture, from my only… 

Have you heard the bell bird sing?
It fills the forest with its ring
Where the lyre bird scrapes and bows
The bell bird’s chiming fills the air
Making music for courting pairs

~

n.b. If you look closely, you can see a male lyre bird, with its long tail feathers bowed, in the centre of this picture, from my only excursion to Colomatta, January, 2017.

CLP 23/04/2025

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Chris Perry

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