19 April 2019 (robin)

robin perched 

on the egg hunt banner

signs of spring

18 April 2019 (vultures)

not the only ones

making our way north

turkey vultures

17 April 2019 (daffodils)

birthday wishes

driving a few hours south

to find daffodils

16 April 2019 (egg tree)

blooming early

along the highway 

an Easter egg tree

15 April 2019 (frog)

rescued from the street

our first wood frog of spring

how cold it is

14 April 2019 (waxwings)

It’s that seasonal transition, when winter persists in small ways even as we welcome growing warmth, singing robins, spring peepers, and crocuses. Today we opened a window to hear the first-of-year White-throated Sparrow singing in the backyard, and later, in a crabapple in a downtown park, enjoyed a lingering flock of Bohemian Waxwings, a winter-only visitor that actually nests far north of here. 

windows open

for the first time this spring

winter waxwings

13 April 2019 (golf)

Watching the PGA Masters on t.v. this afternoon, feeling envious of the true spring happening in Georgia while here in Maine patches of snow persist.

hot pink azaleas

and a wren loudly singing

television golf

12 April 2019 (moss)

river stone

a line of bright moss

marking high water

11 April 2019 (cardinal)

such insistence

in the cardinal’s song

spring thaw

10 April 2019 (crows)

even the crows

going on about it

spring snowfall

9 April 2019 (phoebe)

all I want right now

is to warm it in my hands

phoebe perched in snow