7 April 2025 (yelling)

yelling at a squirrel

through the back window

spring sleet

30 March 2025 (a brief pause)

a brief pause

in the freezing rain

goldfinch chatter

29 March 2025 (spring snow)

spring snow

the wood duck shifts her grip

on a branch

17 March 2025 (whereas clause)

whereas clause

snow melt reveals

the green of moss

27 February 2025 (a chipmunk)

a chipmunk emerges

for about ten seconds

spring snow

19 February 2025 (laundry day)

laundry day a crow’s one white feather

17 February 2025 (wind chill)

wind chill

gulls eat some scraps

left for the crows

16 February 2025 (all-day snow)

all-day snow

a flurry of crows

around the perched hawk

10 February 2025 (wingprints)

wing prints in snow . . .

somewhere upriver

a chorus of crows

8 February 2025 (snow settles)

snow settles

on the wood duck’s back

early dusk

1 February 2025 (one crow)

one crow on watch

while two feed

fresh snow