10 May 2025 (downpour)

downpour

a robin’s dawn song

drowned out by the river

9 May 2025 (rolling seas)

rolling seas

a new perspective

on seabirds

8 May 2025 (leaf buds)

leaf buds unfurling the ecstasy of chimney swifts

7 May 2025 (spring runoff)

spring runoff

the spillover

of birdsong

6 May 2025 (circling the lot)

circling the lot

for a place to park

snowy egret

5 May 2025 (first mowing)

first mowing

free-range guinea hens

forage as a flock

4 May 2025 (Sunday drive)

Sunday drive

two herons slowly flapping

toward low tide

3 May 2025 (joyride)

joyride

coltsfoot brightens the shoulder

of deadman’s curve

2 May 2025 (Beltane)

Beltane

coveting my neighbor’s

flowering magnolia

1 May 2025 (May Day)

May Day

the crow ignores

store-bought blackberries

30 April 2025 (a chickadee first)

a chickadee first

to try the new birdbath

spring wind