There is a reference to white headed birds in the spoken word track REMEMBERING MR TOAST And although at the time of writing I had avoided describing them as bald headed eagles I did know what they were and was aware that they alighted on places other than the highest trees
I now have some recent photographic proof of two of those 'other places'
Eagle having a paddle
Eagle on a telegraph pole
The words from the track which can be heard on Bandcamp belong on Haida Gwaii - which was the birth place of Mr Toast - and they belong particularly to the stretch of road heading south from Masset as it approaches the former Bottle and Jug Works, a Pottery in Tlell
There
was rain all around outside
The
car moved through it like a dream machine
A
strong wind tore at the sea
And
a memory of you
Tore
into the heart of me
And
with it came the kind of tears
That
feel sore behind your eyes
That
you need to cry out until the last one’s gone
That
you need to cry out to move on
And
I thought I’d let you go
I
thought I’d reached a dried-up place
Like
a desert in which life’s old past hurts
Would
fade and be erased
Then
the rain had ceased
And
white-headed birds
Re-alighted
on the highest trees
The
sea had been covered with a sheet of silver foil
And
the memory of you became a song for me
And
the road was more like a river than a road
