From Sam Droege

 
Sam Droege   
w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest, Laurel, Md 20708-4038
Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov
 
Stopping by Woods on a CBC Morn

Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the city though,
He will not see me stopping here
Beside his wood to count the crows.

My co-workers must think it queer
To brave the cold without a purpose clear,
To gaze at the nearly frozen lake,
These shortest and coldest days of the year.

They give their heads a shake
And ponder the meaning of  "drake".
The only sound's the "zeep"
Of White-throated Sparrows, now awake.

The crows are few and the owls are deep
In the wood.  But I have fields and dumps to see
And species to tally before I sleep,
And species to tally before I sleep.

       --- apologies to Robert Frost

    - Donna S. Bailey

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