16 June 2019 (crow)

feels like rain

crow takes my small offering

of berries

14 June 2019 (rhodo)

almost summer

the first purple petal

of the rhododendron

12 June 2019 (redstart)

song of a redstart

stopping what I’m doing

to listen

23 May 2019 (crabapple)

budding crabapple

taking it all

too personally

9 May 2019 (catbird)

just in time

the catbird returns

music to our yard

7 April 2019 (moss)

spring yard work

raking off the moss

to see some green

31 March 2019 (lawn)

freshly raked lawn

its potential revealed

to the crow

24 February (crows)

snow flurries

crows calling back and forth

the only sound

21 February 2019 (squirrel)

gray squirrel

making its mark

fresh-fallen snow

January 27: Nuthatch

head down

nuthatch scrolling birch bark

fine print

December 14: Crow/Cat

backyard crow

clearly calling out

the cat