northern flicker
across the street
missed then pointed to
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10 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
Category: Birds
jay’s cry
cuts through
box fan
/ / /
9 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
open blinds / no visitors
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8 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
leaning forward
to catch a glimpse —
jay stares back
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6 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
catbird singing
in the dead of night
SQUAAAAAAAAAAAWK
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5 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
new feeder, new seeds
May afternoon
awaiting the arrival of friends
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3 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
every bird in the world,
singing:
bedroom window
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3 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
mockingbird on sign
parks where it wants
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2 May 2024
Charlottesville VA
after the rain:
fat sparrow spies
worms under a Kia
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7 January 2024
Charlottesville VA
Completeness
squirrel on the lawn
crow on the wire
(there’s a little piece
of my soul in you)
crow on the wire
squirrel on the lawn
(and a piece
of yours in me)
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31 December 2023
Charlottesville VA
Sunday in the suburbs:
turkey vultures
eating a dead raccoon
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8 October 2023
Charlottesville VA
Counting
Are there 90 million birds in Essex?
He sets up a folding chair
on the high street and starts to count.
After an hour or so the sun has risen enough
to become somewhat annoying
so he repositions the chair
but as he looks down he notices
the shadow of wings flitting
across the pavement;
he realizes he’s missed some.
I guess we’ll never know, he thinks,
and goes for a cuppa instead.
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16 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
every good pub
is in your town
cardinal in the bushes
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7 March 2023
State College PA
Regular Bird
I saw a Regular Bird today.
It was in a bush outside the grocery store.
It was doing Regular Bird things.
A bit of hopping. A flit. The odd chirp.
I took a photo but it just looks like
a Regular Bird, which makes sense I guess.
Then when I got home I noticed
my entire neighborhood had vanished.
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2 March 2023
State College PA