Overcast and quiet except for a red-eyed vireo and a male goldfinch, whose head is already beginning to turn green, like rusting bronze.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: goldfinches
Scattered bird calls—cardinal...
Scattered bird calls—cardinal, vireo, field sparrow—all sound perfunctory except for the goldfinches, who are in thistle heaven at last.
Also tagged bull thistle, cardinal, field sparrow, red-eyed vireo
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Two male towhees trade tweets from...
Two male towhees trade tweets from opposite sides of the yard. At the top of the dead cherry tree, a goldfinch swivels back and forth.
Also tagged cherry tree, towhee
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Mid-morning sun: I’m almost baking...
Mid-morning sun: I’m almost baking until the wind blows, cool as midnight, the chitter of goldfinches interrupted by a raven’s cronk.
Also tagged raven
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Yellow at daybreak: forsythia, daffodils...
Yellow at daybreak: forsythia, daffodils, the spicebush by the springhouse, a flock of goldfinches… what else? The sun crests the ridge.
Also tagged daffodils, forsythia, spicebush, springhouse, sunrise
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Goldfinches chitter in the treetops...
Goldfinches chitter in the treetops. Below the porch, the first powdered-wig blooms of white snakeroot. A young hawk’s falsetto cry.
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Garlic tops still point at the ground...
Garlic tops still point at the ground like dysfunctional minarets. Goldfinches weave through the canopy, circling the thistle-spined sun.
Also tagged wild garlic
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Six goldfinches flip-flop-fly through...
Six goldfinches flip-flop-fly through the treetops at top speed, twittering nonstop, and swoop with a loop de loop into the lilac.
Also tagged lilac
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Sun through fog. Animals emerge and...
Sun through fog. Animals emerge and vanish like actors in a play, bringing their cries and silences: goldfinches, a raven, a pair of deer.
Also tagged deer, fog, raven, scarlet tanager
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Glimpses of a tanager, a catbird, two...
Glimpses of a tanager, a catbird, two goldfinches, and a hummingbird taking a shit. Each tree is still in possession of its own green.
Also tagged catbird, hummingbird, robin, scarlet tanager
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