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.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
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At first light, some newly toppled...
At first light, some newly toppled tree creaks in the wind. What I’d taken for the dog statue on the far side of the yard swivels its ears.
Also tagged dawn, dog statue, wind
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Dawn. A migrant wood thrush flits from...
Dawn. A migrant wood thrush flits from branch to branch along the edge of the woods. In the yard, a grown fawn nuzzles its mother’s neck.
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An explosive snort of a deer that I...
An explosive snort of a deer that I hadn’t noticed standing in the dim light at the edge of the woods, her ears swiveling toward the east.
A series of high-pitched snorts from...
A series of high-pitched snorts from a deer up on the ridge. Coyote? Bear? Or—imagine the horror for an herbivore—an attack of hay fever?
A buck in velvet, his coat already...
A buck in velvet, his coat already turning gray, startles up out of the grass. A hungry hummingbird presses her bill to the metal flamingo.
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Sticky and warm. A clink of ice in...
Sticky and warm. A clink of ice in my coffee startles up a deer, her tan coat passing in front of a cloud of blossoming mountain laurel.
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The dawn sky turns salmon. Down by...
The dawn sky turns salmon. Down by the stream, the hollow cough of a deer. A swig of coffee and I’m off to count birds before the rain.
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The silence of falling snow. When my...
The silence of falling snow. When my furnace kicks on, the three deer digging under the wild apple tree startle and run down the slope.
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A juvenile buck chases a much larger...
A juvenile buck chases a much larger doe through the laurel, knobs for antlers and his grunts still half-bleat. The damp woods glistening.
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