In the steady rain, a squirrel grabs an unburied black walnut from under the walnut-stained slush and carries it back up the tree.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
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Peeled flesh of a black walnut leaks...
Peeled flesh of a black walnut leaks pus onto the sidewalk, more indelible than a blood stain. A woodpecker cackles from a bone-white snag.
Also tagged pileated woodpecker
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Thick fog. Silence punctuated by the...
Thick fog. Silence punctuated by the muffled thuds of black walnuts landing on the lawn. The distant, mad cackle of a pileated woodpecker.
Also tagged fog, pileated woodpecker
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Two gray squirrels in their fall colors...
Two gray squirrels in their fall colors—snouts and bellies stained brown from walnut hulls—dash past each other on the rain-slick trunk.
Also tagged gray squirrel
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