Birds An AnthologyThomas Hardy notes the thrushs full hearted evensong of joy illimited, Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts dash round in circles and Rachel Carson watches sanderlings at the oceans edge, scurrying across the beach like little ghosts. From early times, we have been entranced by the bird life around us. This anthology brings together poetry and prose in celebration of birds, records their behaviour, flight, song and