Early morning on my deck: The avian world is a flurry of activity. Five goldfinches perform aerial acrobatics as they flit from cedar to hemlock and back again, sunbursts of flashing feathers. A small gang of bully-crows chases and heckles a smaller bird that I cannot name, their raucous cries echoing through the neighborhood. AContinue reading “The Spice of Life”
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The Berry & The Bird
Late afternoon, in waning light, shadows beginning to freckle the yard, I watched a rusty-breasted robin intent on plucking a salmon berry from its vine. Full and glowing in the long light of afternoon, the berry threatened to spontaneously burst with ruby juice. A beacon of promised nourishment, the berry seemed just within the reachContinue reading “The Berry & The Bird”
Corvid Connections
What we can learn from a murder… The brooding vernal sky crushed the hope I had of sunshine, but Wally and I walked on. The day was veiled in a gauzy-gray spring drizzle, cool and wet and dark. It was the perfect setting for what we were about to encounter: A murder. As we madeContinue reading “Corvid Connections”