Thin fog. A flicker is excavating a den hole in the dead elm on the other side of the yard, his head almost disappearing into the tree.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: fog
Thin fog. A yearling fawn play-mounts...
Thin fog. A yearling fawn play-mounts his mother, and is mounted in turn by his twin. A robin tut-tut-tuts from the driveway.
Also tagged deer, robin
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Thick fog and silence, punctuated by...
Thick fog and silence, punctuated by the low, almost infrasonic throbs of a drumming grouse. The nasal cries of a fish crow pass overhead.
Also tagged fish crow, ruffed grouse
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Ground fog up in the field glows faintly...
Ground fog up in the field glows faintly orange in the sunrise. Under the old dog statue, a cartoon yelp of yellow: the first daffodil.
Also tagged daffodils, dog statue, sunrise
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Deer have been eating the wild rosebush...
Deer have been eating the wild rosebush again, and the yard is a maze of rabbit tracks. The fog lifts for a minute, then returns.
Also tagged cottontail, deer, multiflora rose
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Cool and damp. The low-hanging clouds...
Cool and damp. The low-hanging clouds catch on the treetops. Crows signal their locations with almost every wingbeat.
Fog. High in a skeletal birch, the...
Fog. High in a skeletal birch, the silhouettes of ten goldfinches are almost the right size for leaves, moving in their own slow wind.
Also tagged black birch, goldfinches
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Dense fog and silence—the instant...
Dense fog and silence—the instant wilderness found inside a cloud. A leaf falls 100 feet away and I hear the soft rustle when it lands.
Rain and fog. A pileated woodpecker...
Rain and fog. A pileated woodpecker performs invasive surgery on a locust tree next to the springhouse, removing a malignant colony of ants.
Also tagged black locust, pileated woodpecker, rain, springhouse
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Rain and fog. With the power out, the...
Rain and fog. With the power out, the world looms frighteningly close. Off in the woods, a bright clearing where some tree came down.
Also tagged rain
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