Seward,
Alaska Sporadic Spider Report
Spiders
soar
On
silken strands,
Shimmering
in the sunshine.
Perhaps
they have always been there, these tiny brownish spiders, busily going about
their tenuous lives, climbing up and down the wetland sedges with the rhythm of the
tides. I have probably disrupted and killed many, tromping blithely through
their precious webs and sailing strands.
Today,
the light was just right, and suddenly I SAW the bustling city of spiders,
illuminated from behind. Everywhere I looked, there were long parallel lines,
some attached to sedges, others wafting in the breeze. I looked more closely,
and found two to four spiders all gathered together as if for a social event.
Dating and mating? Spider Travel Club?
I
felt terrible, trapped motionless in my knowledge. Apologizing profusely to the
many inhabitants of this suddenly visible world, I eased away as carefully as a
clumsy human could. In my disastrous wake, I imagined them spinning more
marvelous silk as they resumed their exciting travels, sailing over sedges in
the autumn breeze.
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird and Spider Report Reporter
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