Chipping sparrows feed a fledgling in the grass next to the wall, making much too much noise—even a deer would nosh on such a fine morsel.
deer
July 2, 2009
June 26, 2009
Bright sunshine after a night of thunderstorms. Four deer—two does and two fawns—run through the steaming woods.
June 22, 2009
Soft applause from the road bank: a doe’s ears flapping as she shakes her head to chase away the flies.
May 15, 2009
May 6, 2009
April 17, 2009
March 31, 2009
Sunny and cold. My mother starts up the trail into the woods with her pant-legs tucked into her socks against the plague of deer ticks.
March 24, 2009
March 18, 2009
Bluebird, white-throated sparrow, a starling’s liquid note, and high overhead, a killdeer: the sky must be blue above the fog.