A Tribute

Harvey's Knob

A Tribute

There is a hawkwatcher named Bill

Each fall he climbs a great hill

To seek out a flight 

of raptors that might

in the end give him a big thrill.

There is a hawkwatching host

who spots more raptors than most

when the skies in her view

are less gray and more blue

She is known as Bluesky Joyce.

And Baron too climbs that hill

to see raptors that give him a thrill.

He keeps a good count

of what is seen on that mount

So we all can share in his thrill.

And then there's Barry, what more can be said,

as he brings to us gravy and bread.

He picks the best days 

that don't always pay,

but we are always glad to be fed.

And then there is Carl, KT, Matt, Dillard, and Dave

who fill in for all, to catch every wave

Of raptors they count 

up there on that mount

to see that the record is evermore saved.

Now, where is that mount?

Where we view hawks and count

that marvelous migrating mob.

T'is a ridge that is blue

where they fly straight and true,

O'er a place that's called Harvey's Knob.

Dave Holt

9/22/14