Monday, March 20, 2006

bird story

A few paces south of the Beltline (the highway that wraps itself around the perimeters of Madison), you can pick up a trail that will lead you to the shores of Lake Waubesa. Eventually, you’ll reach railroad tracks that bridge a waterway linking Waubesa with Mud Lake (or Goose, or whatever other generic name you want to give to the lake adjacent to it). Following the tracks back toward Madison places you in the midst of the marshes where birds mate, eat, rest and generally hide from the likes of me.

I walked there yesterday. Watching the games geese play with each other, I thought a lot about the way we ourselves coax and tease, laugh, eat (an essential in my case) and play with, and generally chase down the objects of our affection.


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he chases her


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she then chases him


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a secret, underwater pursuit


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they're just so into each other


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he's doing the mating dance


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alone


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traveling together


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two take off


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heading into the sunset, alone


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watching


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too much togetherness?


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keeping up with her


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two birdwatchers, waiting, with expectations