Chickadee and nuthatch alarms are ringing over something in the tall weeds. A squirrel pauses beside the porch to scratch its ear.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: chickadee
A distant quarry truck’s reverse...
A distant quarry truck’s reverse beeper has gone bad, and trills just like a digital alarm clock. Dueling chickadees tumble through the air.
Also tagged quarry, trucks
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Two chickadees chase through the lilac...
Two chickadees chase through the lilac and end up perched on adjacent twigs, ruffling their feathers—close as any pair of mobster enemies.
I stare bleary-eyed at a chickadee...
I stare bleary-eyed at a chickadee darting through the lilac, listen to dueting wrens. The sun, too, is blurred by a kind of mucous.
Also tagged Carolina wren, sun
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A scurf of snow in the north corner...
A scurf of snow in the north corner of the porch, and more flakes in the wind. A chickadee puffs out its feathers, fat as a baseball.
Also tagged snowflakes
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A true November day, cold and gray...
A true November day, cold and gray and wet. Patches of pale lichen on tree trunks glow like dim headlights in the fog. A distant chickadee.
A finger of sun infiltrates the foxtail...
A finger of sun infiltrates the foxtail millet, heads turned every direction but up. Three chickadees forage in the cherry, comparing notes.
Also tagged cherry tree, foxtail millet
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When the fog lifts, a flock of chickadees...
When the fog lifts, a flock of chickadees moves in, foraging in the mid-canopy, precipitating a shower of birch and locust leaves.
Also tagged black birch, black locust
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Two titmice tumble off a branch, claws...
Two titmice tumble off a branch, claws briefly locked, provoking rebukes from a chorus of chickadees. A breeze fails to disperse the fog.
Also tagged fog, tufted titmouse
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The birches are astir with birds: migrant...
The birches are astir with birds: migrant warblers, chickadees, and a kinglet darting from leaf to leaf, gold crown flashing among the gold.
Also tagged black birch, fall warblers, golden-crowned kinglet
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