Speckled, dull black, grey, or green the Geospitza Fortis fly, mate, and play over Galapagos craggy cliffs fitness is in their beaks inherited for breaking tough seeds grown without water. On their insular isle they may have multiplied for centuries, but humans brought Philornis downsi on their heels. Parasitic nest flies that eat gaping […]
Alice G. Waldert
Alice G. Waldert is an avid bird watcher, poet, fiction, and creative nonfiction writer. Her works have appeared in Tiny Seed Literary Journal, The Voice of Eve, Poet’s Choice and is forthcoming in Survival Lit. Her short stories were published in Tales from the Dream Zone, The Bangalore Review. She teaches English at Westchester Community College and has an MFA.