Tucson Audubon Society
2003 Ode to IDE

To be sung to Ode to Joy by Beethoven

Lyrics by Becky Schaller and Jamie Brown with editing and title by Carole Warneke. Sung by “Group C Choral at IDE graduation on April 26, 2003.

Time to wonder; time to question
At the Desert Institute
How does climate and the landscape
Affect all life here on earth?

Pre-adapt and find your niche
In this desert habitat
Learn to find your food and water
Where you can or you'll fall flat.

Glean for insects; probe for bugs
Snatch one as you fly right by
Digging, drilling; get your food
Sally round in open sky.

Find a way to eat and prosper
Save your time and energy
Finding ways to raise your young
Hoping they will soon fly free.

Time to listen and to notice
Is there one bird, two or three?
Which bird do you hear right now?
What does that one say to thee?

Is it courting or imprinting
Or protecting its own turf?
Time to listen and to notice
What has changed on planet earth

Time to wonder; time to question
At the Desert Institute
How does climate and the landscape
Affect all life here on earth?

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