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Wednesday May 01, 2013

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A bluejay imitates a titmouse, blaring the first note of its call, and drops down to drink from the sky-blue trickle in the ditch.

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May·01

Monday April 01, 2013

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Rain just past, the gray sky brightens above the eastern and western horizons. A titmouse descends singing into the lilac.

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Apr·01

Thursday February 28, 2013

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Early morning sounds like spring, with cardinals, titmice and song sparrows tuning up. A rabbit stands on its hind legs to reach lilac buds.

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Feb·28

Wednesday January 02, 2013

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A titmouse inspects the undersides of several limb-stumps on the dead cherry snag, its cap wobbling. Shadows fade in and out. It’s cold.

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Jan·02

Friday December 14, 2012

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A low drone of traffic from over the ridge. Half-blinded by the sun, I see the backlit wings of small birds as sudden flowers opening.

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Tagged chickadee, I-99, juncos, tufted titmouse

Dec·14

Friday November 23, 2012

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Mid-morning. The sun slowly fades behind thickening clouds. Chickadees and titmice flit among the dried goldenrod heads, arguing loudly.

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Nov·23

Sunday November 04, 2012

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A titmouse hops from one limb-stump to another on the newly truncated cherry snag. Five minutes later, a brown creeper scoots up the bole.

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Nov·04

Saturday September 01, 2012

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Something in the lilac attracts half-hearted alarms from a chickadee, two titmice and a wren. The lilac leaves hang limp in the humid air.

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Sep·01

Tuesday February 14, 2012

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This morning it’s the titmouse’s turn to sing his spring song—an ode to tedium. I’m grateful when it’s drowned out by a mob of crows.

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Feb·14

Monday December 12, 2011

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Gurgle of the stream in my left ear, titmice in my right. The crunch of gravel as my dad’s Honda pulls up, silvery blue as new ice.

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Dec·12

Thursday March 10, 2011

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Hard rain falling into slush, and the fog thickening: cloud into cloud. Buds glow yellow on the lilac where two titmice flit.

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Mar·10

Wednesday February 09, 2011

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Dawn: a thin band of vivid pink. I glance down at my coffee, and when I look back it’s gone, the sky’s gray. A titmouse’s monotonous song.

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Feb·09

Sunday January 30, 2011

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A titmouse lands in the dead cherry tree, reaches into the cracked bark, pulls out a sunflower seed and taps it open, pausing twice to sing.

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Jan·30

Monday January 17, 2011

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A titmouse lands in the cherry, the streak in his breast the same rust as a tree sparrow’s cap, a broomsedge stem, these icicles at sunrise.

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Jan·17

Tuesday October 12, 2010

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Two titmice tumble off a branch, claws briefly locked, provoking rebukes from a chorus of chickadees. A breeze fails to disperse the fog.

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Oct·12

Sunday August 15, 2010

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A titmouse combs the dead cherry tree for insects, his black seed of an eye and wizard’s cap bobbing as he snaps at shriveled leaves.

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Aug·15

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