8 May 2025 (leaf buds)

leaf buds unfurling the ecstasy of chimney swifts

25 May 2023 (after work)

after-work cocktail . . .

a swirl of swifts funnels

down a chimney

18 July 2022 (rain on my face)

rain on my face . . .

the chitter of chimney swifts

too high to see

5 June 2021 (hot)

first hot day

swifts careen

over a parking lot

(Playing catch-up after a weekend of guiding at the Acadia Birding Festival with little free time to post.)

1 June 2019 (lilacs)

swifts overhead

and the scent of lilacs

all I need tonight

21 May 2019 (rainbow)

ecstatic swifts

perfect soundtrack

for a rainbow

August 9: Rainbow

storm clouds lifting
chimney swifts
over the rainbow
 

May 31: Happy hour

happy hour
ecstasy of swifts
in perfect blue sky

June 20: Solstice Eve

Three chimney swifts

also ecstatic

over tonight's sunset.

 

 

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June 14: Town Meeting

Town meeting.

Chimney swifts still busy

in twilight sky.

 

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July 8: Newburyport

Brick buildings, sidewalks

of an old harbor town.

Chimney swifts overhead.

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