The world is a mask that hides the real world.
That’s what everybody suspects, though the world we see won’t let us dwell on it long.
The world has ways - more masks - of getting our attention.
The suspicion sneaks in now and again, between the cracks of everyday existence…the bird song dips, rises, dips, trails off into blue sky silence before the note that would reveal the shape of a melody that, somehow, would tie everything together, on the verge of unmasking the hidden armature that frames this sky, this tree, this bird, this quivering green leaf, jewels in a crown.…
As the song dies, the secret withdraws.
The tree is a mask.
The sky is a mask.
The quivering green leaf is a mask.
The song is a mask.
The singing bird is a mask.


Friday, April 07, 2006

more falcons unwittingly enlisted in cheesy marketing program

Falcons make home atop high-rise bank

CINCINNATI, April 6 (UPI) -- An office building in Cincinnati has two tenants who hope to raise a family in a home on the roof.

Princess and Powerhouse, a pair of peregrine falcons, have four eggs in their nest, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The Division of Wildlife of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources set up the nest at the PNC Building.

Peregrine falcons, exterminated in eastern states by DDT that caused a thinning of eggshells, have been making a comeback since use of the insecticide was restricted. Princess and Powerhouse are one of 39 pairs nesting this year in boxes provided by the state. Other pairs may have made their own nests.

Princess is no stranger to Cincinnati. She and a mate used the PNC Building nest in 2002. Powerhouse was born that year in a Division of Wildlife nest in a smokestack at a power station, the newspaper said.

Now, Princess spends most of her time on the nest while Powerhouse keeps watch nearby. He also sits on the nest when Princess needs a break.

"He keeps a constant vigil to protect her," Todd Channer, a graphic designer and volunteer falcon monitor, told the Enquirer.

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