whistling moon

three deer and an owl

under a young moon

the owl flushes

near

then the deer

Easter Troglodytes

snow veils the trees

a Douglas squirrel digs in the snow

beneath the feeder

(home movie for the dog

who sits quietly watching

juncos join the excavation

and later on a walk

up the road

a winter wren greeting

march snow

here it is snowing again

and the creek runs low

the footstep rocks covered with rime

waiting in the gray light

for your calling

now the dog and i

alone

more careful crossing the creek

the rocks slick with all those memories

the dog growing patient with age

driving to Cave Jct.

thin soup of morning

white oak mistletoe silhouette

the curve of old wagon roads

and before

the seasonal stepping of families

mountain to valley

and back

and back

thin soup of morning

a gelding clomps along the road

free from fences

the pecking order of

muddy pasture

a yellow first student bus

blinks down the road

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Heard a Northern Saw-whet Owl tooting around the yurt this evening.

Exciting as it is an early signal of all the spring singing to come!

check out more about these guys here:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Saw-whet_Owl/id

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