Solitary Birds

This is about my childhood love of ornithology. At aged 11, a frightened young boy started secondary school, and still carries the scars of school life today. There was a class on a Friday afternoon led by the Deputy Headmistress to teach the kids to write neatly and in a particular style. We were set the topic of ‘Birds’ as a project. This is how I fell in love with watching and studying birds. It has never stopped.

The Conditions of a Solitary Bird are Five :

The first, that it flies to the highest point;

The second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind;

The third, that it aims its break to the skies;

The fourth, that it does not have a definite colour;

The fifth, that it sings very softly.

-San Juan del La Cruz