Bluebird Fledgling's Perilous First Flight

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Across
  1. 1. Needle-covered perch in the pine
  2. 3. Type of hawk that descends from the ridge
  3. 7. Morning hours spent among this flower
  4. 8. The narrator wants to lift the bird in this
  5. 10. The color of the mountain haze
  6. 11. The spinning material of the mower blades
  7. 12. Description of the valley's crown
  8. 14. The force heavy on this day
  9. 15. The misted landscape with a silver crown
  10. 17. What the narrator whispers to on the grass
  11. 18. These grow as the narrator turns home
  12. 20. The silver-grey bird circling the yard
  13. 23. Where the azure flash catches the eye
  14. 25. The last name of the author
  15. 27. The height between the houses
  16. 29. The patch where the narrator stands sentry
  17. 31. Iron danger the bird is now safe from
  18. 32. What the girl loves yet knows its teeth
  19. 35. Weapons of the sky’s decree
  20. 36. Where morning glories twine
  21. 37. The father bird is like this flame
  22. 38. Flower found where the earth retracks
  23. 39. Tree where the bird's parents hover
  24. 40. Peak where the sun begins to dip
  25. 41. Weathered stone vantage point
  26. 44. Grass blades like these spears
  27. 45. Time of day when a distant strain is heard
  28. 46. Where the bird tumbles instead of flying
Down
  1. 2. Description of the first flight
  2. 4. Eastern avian subject of the poem
  3. 5. The first name of the author
  4. 6. A young bird not yet a master of flight
  5. 9. The bead-like black color of the bird's eye
  6. 10. The narrator is a witness to an answered one
  7. 13. The role the narrator takes by the patch
  8. 16. The color of the feline's calculating eyes
  9. 18. The bluebird’s joy born of fear and pain
  10. 19. The garden barrier the bird clears
  11. 21. Flash of color bright as summer sky
  12. 22. Where ridges slope to meet the town
  13. 24. The color of the valley's crown
  14. 26. The garden’s mechanical beast
  15. 28. Color of the fledgling's dappled breast
  16. 29. Neighbor's pet with a prowling pace
  17. 30. Petals shaken by the mountain wind
  18. 33. Type of pine scenting the crisp air
  19. 34. The sudden reach of the bird's wings
  20. 37. Offered calm for the weary bird
  21. 42. The frantic and rhythmic movement of wings
  22. 43. These are waiting for a streak of blue