Green Heron

still and empty lake
suddenly a Green Heron
skims through the silence

American Redstart

Halloween colors

of American Redstarts

flying in circles

Downy Woodpeckers

the pair displaying

their antic dispositions

Downy Woodpeckers

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren

singing to the morning sun

autumn sonata

Greater Yellowlegs

October morning

the Greater Yellowlegs moves

slowly through small waves

Cooper's Hawk

the young Cooper's Hawk

hides among the oak's branches

with a fresh dead rat

Common Yellowthroat

the harsh "chuck" of the
female Common Yellowthroat
moves around the lake