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In the springhouse marsh, 13 cattail...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 27, 2010 at 7:22 am

In the springhouse marsh, 13 cattail spikes are turning brown. When I go over for a closer look, a deer pops her head up, swivels her ears.

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Yellow at daybreak: forsythia,...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 5, 2010 at 7:40 am

Yellow at daybreak: forsythia, daffodils, the spicebush by the springhouse, a flock of goldfinches… what else? The sun crests the ridge.

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The springhouse phoebe has a mate...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 1, 2010 at 10:07 am

The springhouse phoebe has a mate. He sings from the crabapple while she flutters under the eaves, bill thrusting into the old nest.

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Cold and clear at sunrise. Two...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 20, 2010 at 9:42 am

Cold and clear at sunrise. Two ravens following the ridge croak in unison, their wings almost touching. A squirrel descends the springhouse.

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A Carolina wren trills from the...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 21, 2009 at 10:24 am

A Carolina wren trills from the springhouse attic window, and a winter wren answers from under a pile of brush with ten seconds of song.

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A squirrel emerges from the springhouse...

By Dave Bonta | Published August 30, 2009 at 8:28 am

A squirrel emerges from the springhouse’s tiny attic vent and slides head-first toward the ground. A patch of sun shimmers in the goldenrod.

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A chipmunk’s steady drip...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 27, 2009 at 9:29 am

A chipmunk’s steady drip. How many years have I been sitting here? I remember each stage in the lichen’s conquest of the springhouse roof.

 

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The jesters’ caps on the...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 26, 2009 at 8:54 am

The jesters’ caps on the topheading garlic have begun to split, revealing dense clusters of miniature selves. A raven’s mechanical laughter.

 

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Beside the springhouse, the twittering...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 25, 2009 at 9:22 am

Beside the springhouse, the twittering zoom of a hummingbird’s courtship dive: from sunlight into cattail shadows and back. Tanager song.

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Soft applause from the road bank...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 22, 2009 at 8:07 am

Soft applause from the road bank: a doe’s ears flapping as she shakes her head to chase away the flies.

 

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Soft taps from a burdock leaf...

By Dave Bonta | Published May 26, 2009 at 7:04 am

Soft taps from a burdock leaf under the drip line: it’s raining. A rose-breasted grosbeak drops into the springhouse marsh to get a drink.

 

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A phoebe hovers beside its nest...

By Dave Bonta | Published May 16, 2009 at 7:37 am

A phoebe hovers beside its nest under the springhouse eaves, then lands above it, bug still in beak, tail like a tapping foot: ah, marriage.

 

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Clear and cold at sunrise. The...

By Dave Bonta | Published March 13, 2009 at 7:47 am

Clear and cold at sunrise. The feral cat slinks across the springhouse meadow. Muffled sounds of a squirrel scolding from inside its drey.

 

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Two white-tailed deer leap through...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 12, 2008 at 9:36 am

Two white-tailed deer leap through the dried goldenrod and asters beyond the springhouse, surfacing, diving—dolphins in a brown sea.

 

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Carolina wrens counter-singing...

By Dave Bonta | Published August 27, 2008 at 8:17 am

Carolina wrens counter-singing from the springhouse, her Zzzzit! simultaneous with his TeakettleTeakettleTeakettle: the sound of the steam.

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