Tag Archives: crows

Warm and overcast, with the smell of...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 20, 2011 at 10:18 am

Warm and overcast, with the smell of rain. A sudden gust pulls a flying crow sideways. A squirrel digs pretend holes in the yard.

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Just two degrees below freezing, yet...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 18, 2011 at 10:11 am

Just two degrees below freezing, yet somehow things are sharper, crisper, the crow’s wings like blades against the blue, its shout a shot.

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A crow flies off cawing and returns...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 10, 2011 at 9:28 am

A crow flies off cawing and returns silently to the same tree. In the garden, comfrey leaves have begun turning face-down into the earth.

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Last week’s snow has shrunk to...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 3, 2011 at 11:43 am

Last week’s snow has shrunk to a scattering of patches the size of dinner plates. Crows yell back and forth above the din from the highway.

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Deer circle the wild pear tree behind...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 27, 2011 at 8:59 am

Deer circle the wild pear tree behind the house, rising high on their hind legs to reach the fruit. A crow jeers from a nearby walnut limb.

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Overcast and cool, with the smell of...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 25, 2011 at 11:40 am

Overcast and cool, with the smell of rain. Instead of the crows that woke me at dawn, now ravens are exchanging croaks, one high, one low.

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Only when the begging cries of the...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 6, 2011 at 11:58 am

Only when the begging cries of the crow fledglings finally cease do I notice the air’s clarity, golden light glistening on a black birch.

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A noisy exchange of crow news sets...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 28, 2011 at 9:29 am

A noisy exchange of crow news sets off a pair of yellow-billed cuckoos. A juvenile black bear ambles down the road and into the woods.

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A cloudless sky and air so clear, I...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 15, 2011 at 9:45 am

A cloudless sky and air so clear, I can see gnats dancing 100 feet away. In the deep shade, borrowing shards of sun, the wings of a crow.

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I’m enjoying the stillness: that...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 3, 2011 at 12:42 pm

I’m enjoying the stillness: that great word that reminds us that sound too is a form of motion. But the shadows do move. A crow calls.

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