Half past midnight in the moonlit forest, a cuckoo tried out the screech owl’s call. This morning, just a red-eyed vireo repeating himself.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
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Wood thrush, cerulean warbler, red-...
Wood thrush, cerulean warbler, red-eyed vireo, Baltimore oriole—song by song I tick them off as yellow petals fall from the tulip tree.
Also tagged Baltimore oriole, cerulean warbler, tulip tree, wood thrush
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As the plane fades in the distance,...
As the plane fades in the distance, they return: a towhee, two lethargic vireos, a chipmunk’s water-drip-steady clucks, the garden cricket.
Overcast and quiet except for a red...
Overcast and quiet except for a red-eyed vireo and a male goldfinch, whose head is already beginning to turn green, like rusting bronze.
Also tagged goldfinches
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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, goldfinches
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The buzz of a black-throated green...
The buzz of a black-throated green warbler, a catbird’s brassy solo, the noodling of a red-eyed vireo: May comes in with a new soundtrack.
Also tagged black-throated green warbler, catbird
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In the light breeze, one clump of cattails...
In the light breeze, one clump of cattails waves out of sync; the sound of chewing. A few perfunctory phrases from a red-eyed vireo.
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A red-eyed vireo beside the porch with...
A red-eyed vireo beside the porch with his back to the cold wind, neck feathers buffeted into a crest, singing in the weak sunlight.
Also tagged nuthatch
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April’s solitary vireo and brown...
April’s solitary vireo and brown thrasher have been replaced by red-eyed vireo and catbird—an adagio movement giving way to an allegro.
Also tagged blue-headed vireo, catbird
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A solitary or blue-headed vireo — &#...
A solitary or blue-headed vireo — “more deliberate, higher, sweeter” (Peterson) than its red-eyed cousin — calling at the edge of the woods.
Also tagged blue-headed vireo
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