On the highest peak, named Slide Mountain, over 4000 feet
In the Catskills, 1881, Eugene Bicknell’s did meet
A new elusive migratory thrush, on a mountain climb
A chance to collect a specimen, a custom of the time
No keen observer had discovered this reclusive bird yet.
so the bird was named after the discoverer, custom set,
Many years later, in 2015, Bicknell’s great, great, grandson,
on Mt. Mansfield in Vermont, glimpsed and released another one
Under clear skies, scientists opened 22 nets in the dawn,
Teddy, the descendent, held one specimen until it was gone
There are so many threats, but the species will survive
If future generations of stewards keep the bird alive