Albatross

I have been away from my cottage for a few weeks on matters abroad. It is always good to travel but I always long for the rugged cliffs and wild seas of my beloved Ireland. After so much traveling it was marvelous yesterday morning to sit on a grassy knoll as the the pale dawn sun rose above the horizon and bathed the cliffs in a beautiful but chilly amber glow. As I sat there listening to the surf roll and watching the seabirds wheel above the gray-green sea I noticed a larger shape in the sky approaching from the west. This rare avian visitor rides much higher than the gulls and glides majestically as if powered by a solar energy from the sun alone. I recognise this bird, for it is the mighty Albatross I have seen several times over the years and as a springtime approaches so does this strange and magnificent bird visit my cliffs. I know nothing of the habits, migratory or otherwise, of these great birds, I have no way of knowing if it is even the same individual but as he descends lower to the waves and closer to where I quietly sit I fancy I recognise his profile and his approach to the land as one I have seen before. He wheels and the gulls try a mob attack - he glides on seemingly unconcerned, skimming the white tops of the waves. I watch him for perhaps twenty minutes, then as if beckoned by some distant star he rises fast and high into the now blue sky, heading south. The image of the bird stays with me long after he has flown. The villagers tell me these birds are rarely seen in these parts and I feel that the bird, when he does visit, brings a message - what that message is will no doubt reveal itself at some point. I will keep you informed.

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Albatross