The Morning Porch

April 10, 2013 by Dave Bonta

While one chickadee digs out their den, pecking at the rotten cherry wood, its mate waits atop the stump, grooming its pale breast feathers.

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The sun eases out of the clouds. A gnatcatcher is flying sorties from atop the lilac, which has just burst its buds.
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Under a slowly clearing sky, the new, red-green peony leaves are still beaded with last night’s rain. No trains running; it’s all birdsong.