Gray sky, gray titmouse descending the gray ladder of dead elm branches, pausing to swipe its bill against each as if sharpening a blade.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: tufted titmouse
The catbird sails in and out of the...
The catbird sails in and out of the lilac without interrupting his stream of song. Oak leaves glossy as mirrors; the sky so blue it hurts.
Joining the robins, titmice and song...
Joining the robins, titmice and song sparrow in the dawn chorus: a barred owl. The deer grazing in the yard look up, swiveling their ears.
Cloudless and cold at sunrise. Two...
Cloudless and cold at sunrise. Two titmice drone back and forth, like a pair of insurance agents at a party trying to out-bore each other.
Also tagged sunrise
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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.
Also tagged pileated woodpecker, screech owl
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A titmouse lands on a snowy branch...
A titmouse lands on a snowy branch and puffs out the white down on its breast. From above the spring, a chickadee’s two-note song: hey ho.
Also tagged chickadee
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Sleet to rain to sleet to rain: the...
Sleet to rain to sleet to rain: the tapping on the roof above my head keeps changing pitch. Faint notes of chickadees, titmice, a nuthatch.
Also tagged chickadee, gray squirrel, nuthatch
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Cloudy and cold, but the chickadees...
Cloudy and cold, but the chickadees, titmice, juncos and finches are carrying on as if they were seeing these trees for the very first time.
The moon inches upward through the...
The moon inches upward through the trees with the earth’s glowing shadow between its horns. Two train whistles converge, one high, one low.
Four titmice flit about the yard. The...
Four titmice flit about the yard. The dead elm twigs that are closest to the lilac have acquired a greenish tinge. A beetle’s zigzag flight.
Also tagged lilac
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