Monthly Archives: May 2013
California Linnets
After shooing them from the bike helmets, they settled here, behind the metal “tree.” As of mid-May, two eggs are hatched. Is it our reluctance to separate ourselves from the […]
Real Birds in a Metal Tree
I think it’s a California linnet couple who decided to set up housekeeping in the sculpture I compiled from construction scraps.
On Monday, It Was Turkeys
A flock of wild turkeys with two toms, the alpha puffed up in all his splendor. As the hens pecked, the males circled one another. If Beta infiltrated the female […]
This Is the Day of the Herons
3.15.13 Probably because the cattle on the hill are making such a ruckus, six blue herons–almost black–have relocated here today. When the cowboys separate the cows from the calves, the […]