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It’s difficult to get things done around here.

June 15, 2009

Can you see why some days I don’t get much done? My home is surrounded by such marvelous bits of nature, and I confess I get sucked up into awe.

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Glimpses from the edge. 6.

March 27, 2009

I think I was wrong this morning about the flicker making a racket pecking on something. And I am so happy to be wrong: the Pileated just landed on the suet. The Pileateds haven’t been around for months!! and I’ve missed them.
After scarfing suet, he flew off into the ravine to peck at snags and [...]

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Glimpses from the edge. 4.

March 21, 2009

The air was below freezing at 7:30 this morning, and so still. The small birds tweeted now and again, but the herons were generally silent.
I carried my cup of coffee and my little binoculars to the edge of the ravine and peered. A few herons were perched high atop some maples along the west edge, [...]

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Glimpses from the edge. 3.

March 17, 2009

This evening I watch the herons landing in the big leaf maple near the house. Their nests are on the other side of the ravine, so I deduce that the ones on this side are either being shoved out of the main colony, or are here to gather sticks for building nests.
I soon see that [...]

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Glimpses from the edge. 2.

March 6, 2009

The sun is dusting the treetops again this morning, and it is a mere 30°. The herons are quiet yet busy. Busy swooping momentarily through the treetops, and then perching, gazing. What do they see from there?
Photo by Mike Baird and used under Creative Commons license

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