The ornithologistsstudied a small colony that was livingclose to the villageofFehertoin southernHungary, an area of fishpondssurrounded bywillow and poplar trees.
Sipping lemon-ginger tea on the cushions of our house's rooftop pavilion, I watch the first light spangle the leaves of the poplars along the village's irrigation stream, see lambs herded into a small willow-walled corral, a woman in a black robe and orange head scarf testing her lower back after filling her buckets.
The ornithologists studied a small colony that was living close to the village of Feherto in southern Hungary, an area of fishponds surrounded by willow and poplar trees.