Tag Archives: cherry tree

The Carolina wren goes from querulous...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 11, 2012 at 10:17 am

The Carolina wren goes from querulous chirps to full-throated denunciations from the top of the dead cherry tree. But the snow continues.

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Home after a week away, what’...

By Dave Bonta | Published March 6, 2012 at 9:27 am

Home after a week away, what’s changed? The song sparrows are back, ebullient as ever, and the dead cherry has shed another shaggy limb.

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A downy woodpecker gleans breakfast...

By Dave Bonta | Published February 27, 2012 at 9:28 am

A downy woodpecker gleans breakfast from the dead cherry, chirping between taps. A mackerel sky. The smell of thawed earth.

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A pair of Carolina wrens—one...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 18, 2011 at 10:34 am

A pair of Carolina wrens—one in the lilac, the other in the dead cherry—flit from branch to branch, tasting the new-fallen snow.

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Sunny and cold. A nuthatch lands on...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 8, 2011 at 10:16 am

Sunny and cold. A nuthatch lands on the dead cherry and begins a close inspection of the limbs, dapper as an accountant in his gray suit.

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The dead cherry has shed two more limbs...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 1, 2011 at 12:41 pm

The dead cherry has shed two more limbs, yellow stubs shining dully like the eyes of a corpse. I find a conjoined apple in the fridge.

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Coldest morning of the month so far...

By Dave Bonta | Published September 16, 2011 at 9:10 am

Coldest morning of the month so far. I notice that each limb of the dead cherry is growing a shaggy coat of turkey-tail fungus.

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Darkening sky. A downy woodpecker gleaning...

By Dave Bonta | Published August 13, 2011 at 7:57 am

Darkening sky. A downy woodpecker gleaning breakfast from the dead cherry’s flaking limbs pauses to scratch his face with one fast foot.

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A Carolina wren swipes its bill back...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 16, 2011 at 11:58 am

A Carolina wren swipes its bill back and forth on the end of a dead limb, as if sharpening a knife. A groundhog sneezes in the strong sun.

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Strange morning: first a 20-MPH gust...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 29, 2011 at 9:37 am

Strange morning: first a 20-MPH gust of wind out of a clear sky whips the treetops, then the dead cherry beside the porch fills with birds.

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