A moment of sunlight illuminates the yard. Water seeps from the mountain’s every pore. The starling is doing its best to talk like a duck.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: starling
Rattle and rasp from a hole in the...
Rattle and rasp from a hole in the eaves where the starlings are moving in. A pair of ravens low over the ridge. The sun’s blazing nest.
First rainy morning in weeks, but how...
First rainy morning in weeks, but how quickly things turn to rust: rasp of a starling, a red-winged blackbird’s call, a scolding squirrel.
Also tagged gray squirrel, red-winged blackbird
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Cardinal song followed by gargling...
Cardinal song followed by gargling laughter: a starling sits at the top of a locust, its bill a gleaming needle in the deep blue sky.
Also tagged cardinal
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Bluebird, white-throated sparrow, a...
Bluebird, white-throated sparrow, a starling’s liquid note, and high overhead, a kildeer: the sky must be blue above the fog.
A male starling—a rarity here—lands...
A male starling—a rarity here—lands among the cherry blossoms, iridescent black feathers speckled with white. He gargles musically.
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