19 January 2026 (lazy snowflakes)

lazy snowflakes

the song sparrow tries

a short song

18 January 2026 (Sunday hush)

Sunday hush . . .

crows poke around

in fresh snow

17 January 2026 (slow-falling snow)

slow-falling snow . . .

a nuthatch hangs head-down

on the spruce trunk

15 January 2026 (winter mist)

winter mist

trying to track the caws

to the crow

12 January 2026 (buzz of a junco)

buzz of a junco

from the underbrush —

polar gusts

28 December 2025 (sunlit snow)

sunlit snow

boot tracks circle

the crow’s wingprints

24 December 2025 (feather snow)

feather snow

backyard weeds bend

beneath the goldfinch

4 December 2025 (fresh crow tracks)

fresh crow tracks

snow-bent spruce boughs

hide the path

9 November 2025 (first frost)

first frost

a crow jostles

the birdbath ice

8 November 2025 (last oak leaves)

last oak leaves, clinging . . .

a finch’s querulous calls

to his mate

23 September 2025 (nip in the air)

nip in the air

a squirrel carries off

the sunflower’s head