Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.063

[inscription reads] " While idly about the peculiar antics of a May-fly attracted my attention & fooled me for some time. When I first noticed him he was floating in the air, motionless, outspread wings in a vertical position, one of his tails curved upwards. I at once hastily concluded that he was practicing a sort of buoyant aviation, such as is the custom of hawks and exulted in what I deemed a rare sight. He gradually sank lower & all at once he flew spasmodically in a rude circle and again floated "