resting · west
Gallinago is asleep. Wake her up then follow by GPS.
Only an egg code may sit here — paste or type one and press the seal. The code stays in view: an egg in the nest means the compass is primed, and no glance can read a place out of it anyway. Sealing another replaces the last — the snipe stirs to say so.
the find · for your field notes
she will not have her eggs taken — only sketched. carry the sketch home: it is the one true egg of this Particular, and no other ground lays its like.
the map
① The centre — where the circle sits
Centre on me: the device confesses your whereabouts.
Centre by hand: touch the map where the circle should sit.
② The Particular — how it is found
Gallinago flies off and drops, unbidden, somewhere within the circle above.
③ The egg
carry it to the compass — it hatches in the nest.