Pat's Wildways: Twelve Days of Amelia Island Christmas

By Pat Foster-Turley

December 21, 2021

Saltbush and Virginia creeper provide Christmas colors on the Greenway.

Twelve Days of Amelia Island Christmas

On the first day of Christmas

Amelia gave to me

A barred owl in a pine tree.

On the second day of Christmas

Amelia gave to me

Two begging gulls,

And a barred owl in a pine tree.

On the third day of Christmas

Amelia gave to me

Three fat geese,

Two begging gulls,

And a barred owl in a pine tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas

Amelia gave to me

Four running deer,

Three fat geese,

Two begging gulls,

And a barred owl in a pine tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas

Amelia gave to me

Five pelicans,

Four running deer,

Three fat geese,

Two begging gulls,

And a barred owl in a bare tree.

ETC, ETC,

On the twelfth day of Christmas,

Amelia gave to me

Twelve dolphins leaping,

Eleven gators sunning,

Ten right whales calving,

Nine raccoons hiding,

Eight osprey fishing,

Seven sea cows swimming,

Six turtles nesting,

Five pelicans,

Four running deer,

Three fat geese.

Two begging gulls,

And a barred owl in a pine tree.

Happy Holidays! Enjoy the gifts of Amelia!

Pat Foster-Turley PhD is a zoologist on Amelia Island. She welcomes your nature questions and observations. patandbucko@yahoo.com