PIPER PERCH II - ALONG THE ATLANTIC SHORE
PIPER PERCH II - ALONG THE ATLANTIC SHORE
We all need pals and places to gather with them. These pipers have had enough of the incessant waves and are chattering away in a Palm Tree.
Notable for an intriguing social life in which females take the lead and males undertake the primary role of raising the young, the dapper Spotted Sandpiper makes an excellent ambassador for the notoriously difficult-to-identify shorebirds: found across North America, it is distinctive in both appearance and behavior, and is undeniably adorable.
Sandpiper symbolism centers on liminality, representing life on the edge between land and sea and between cultures, adaptability in shifting conditions, navigating change with quiet grace, and a mindful focus on the present moment amidst life’s constant flow; it also speaks to purpose, persistence, and, in some contexts, spiritual awareness or a poetic obsession, as in Elizabeth Bishop’s famous poem “The Sandpiper.”
Sandpiper
The roaring alongside he takes for granted,
and that every so often the world is bound to shake.
He runs, he runs to the south, finical, awkward,
in a state of controlled panic, a student of Blake.
The beach hisses like fat. On his left, a sheet
of interrupting water comes and goes
and glazes over his dark and brittle feet.
He runs, he runs straight through it, watching his toes.
- Watching, rather, the spaces of sand between them
where (no detail too small) the Atlantic drains
rapidly backwards and downwards. As he runs,
he stares at the dragging grains.
The world is a mist. And then the world is
minute and vast and clear. The tide
is higher or lower. He couldn't tell you which.
His beak is focused; he is preoccupied,
looking for something, something, something.
Poor bird, he is obsessed!
The millions of grains are black, white, tan, and gray
mixed with quartz grains, rose and amethyst.
Elizabeth Bishop
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