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Almost light, and a screech owl still...

Almost light, and a screech owl still calls from down in the hollow—that sepulchral whinny. One croak of a crow stops it cold.

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Ground fog forms at dawn in the bottom...

Ground fog forms at dawn in the bottom corner of the meadow and quickly dissipates. The screech owl’s quaver gives way to soft thrush calls.

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Thick fog prolongs the early-morning...

Thick fog prolongs the early-morning light for hours. The cardinal sings spring while a screech owl quavers over the luminous snow.

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The soft trills of a screech owl an...

The soft trills of a screech owl an hour before dawn. I sip my coffee as quietly as I can.

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A screech owl adds its quaver to the...

A screech owl adds its quaver to the minimal dawn chorus: mourning dove coos, finch and sparrow chirps. Snow and highway noise on the wind.

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Buds swell on the ornamental cherry...

Buds swell on the ornamental cherry beside the porch, unaware that porcupines have girdled the trunk. April Fool! You’re dead.

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A warm morning—53°F. A Cooper’...

A warm morning—53°F. A Cooper’s hawk calls, a screech owl trills, but the squirrels go on rummaging through the leaf litter. I spy a gnat.

 

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Right after a mourning dove’s...

Right after a mourning dove’s song, a screech owl trills at the very same pitch. The sun floats free of the horizon and into the bluest sky.

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Titmouse, screech owl, pileated: three...

Titmouse, screech owl, pileated: three ways to ululate. Orange-bellied clouds below the eaves which are festooned with dangleberries of ice.

 

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A screech owl’s trill, the maniacal...

A screech owl’s trill, the maniacal cry of a pileated—everything sounds like a portent when the sky’s such a lurid red behind the trees.

 

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