From the Naming Debate
A Sweetness
The affectionate one — less attested, more felt.
It's the word a person reaches for when they want to name what warblers do to a morning — the small inrush of pleasure that arrives with the first song. A name from the heart rather than the field guide; appears in personal nature writing more than in ornithological literature.
The collection that earns this name is still finding its shape.



