Glittering across the landscape,
like 10,000 tiny fallen stars.
Clinging, clinging, clinging.
Like time and life, evaporating.
Dew drenched web
Friday, November 6, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
A feeling.
Red-bellied woodpecker perched.
Red-bellied woodpecker fleeing.
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I did yoga twice yesterday. I haven't had to do that in a while. I know when I need to. Something inside me commands it. And I listen.
As I write this I hear soothing acoustic guitar chords floating up from a nearby patio. This is the first time I've heard this here. I enjoy it. I'm doing yoga to the sound of the music now. And somehow this feeling is identical to being sheathed in nature, enveloped in trees and grass, covered by water.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Rich
"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things
which he can afford to let alone."
~ Henry David Thoreau
Isn't it interesting how nature takes only what it needs, and nothing more.
It doesn't resist. It flows effortlessly.
I respect that.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Little Blue Heron
Friday morning found me making another trip to Hornsby Bend. This time I spent about 4 wonderful hours looking for birds and wildlife. It was a gorgeous morning and I ended up with a nice list of species, including some lifers*!
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-breasted Cormorant
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Turkey Vulture
Accipiter sp.
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Killdeer
American Avocet
Least Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Morning Dove
Northern Flicker*
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Easter Phoebe
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet*
Eastern Bluebird
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler*
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
House Sparrow
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Birds and Spiders
Spent a little time yesterday evening enjoying the birds and spiders at Hornsby Bend....
Birds Seen or Heard:
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Pied-Billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
American Coot
Killdeer
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Carolina Chickadee
European Starling
Northern Cardinal
Great-tailed Grackle
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Changes
Brushy Creek Lake Park is more ordinary these days. The flood gauge shows a drop of 10 feet from 6 days ago. Unfortunately, the likelihood of prehistoric crocodiles emerging from the bloated waters has declined as well.
Double-crested Cormorants have replaced Great Egrets as the most prevalent bird on the water. The large flocks of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers seem to have moved on. Beautyberries are bursting with purple fruits. Cool southeast winds pull brown leaves from trees. Far away planets hurdle elliptically through space.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Big Sit
Big Sit in the Cold Wind on Flickr
Taken by Henry Kight
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
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