This outline is arranged (quite loosely) in taxonomic order, from the more "primitive" orders and families to the more evolutionarily advanced perching/song birds. (Some species ID's were narrowed down via correspondence with the poets themselves.) | |
Oops--on to the POEMS! | (photo credit: Dr. Joseph R. Spies, Ceaseless Explorer) |
General/Miscellaneous Bird Poems (i.e., concerted references to a number of species, or about the generic "bird")
WATERFOWL & SHOREBIRDS
GALLINACEOUS FOWL
RAPTORS
OTHER NON-PASSERINES
PASSERINES (Perching Birds)