A hummingbird hovers over the red porch floor made glossy by wind-blown rain. A catbird on a dead limb tilts its head to eye the clouds.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
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A hummingbird buzzes into the garden...
A hummingbird buzzes into the garden, and I follow her bill to the last bergamot flower’s four thin flagons. A truck clatters past.
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.
Also tagged deer
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Wood thrush and cardinal song. A male...
Wood thrush and cardinal song. A male hummingbird chases a silver-spotted skipper off the beebalm, then retreats to a dead branch to preen.
Also tagged beebalm, cardinal, skippers, wood thrush
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A ten-minute downpour. In its aftermath...
A ten-minute downpour. In its aftermath, the ruby-throated hummingbird’s eponymous throat patch rising like a small sun from the weeds.
Also tagged rain
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I hear something chewing in the tall...
I hear something chewing in the tall weeds. Behind the lilac, a hummingbird bent on courtship opens the throttle on its small engine.
A light drizzle. The one green leaf...
A light drizzle. The one green leaf at the end of a branch on the otherwise dead cherry shakes itself dry and turns back into a hummingbird.
Also tagged cherry tree, rain
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Up in the field, a turkey erects his...
Up in the field, a turkey erects his traveling theater and poses for an audience of two. The first hummingbird hovers in front of my face.
Also tagged wild turkey
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In the rainy half-dark, a small white...
In the rainy half-dark, a small white oval shifting and wobbling on the end of a branch: the breast of a hummingbird.
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When I move my head, the hummingbird...
When I move my head, the hummingbird darts in for a closer look, leveling her long samurai bill at my neck, my ear, my glasses.
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