Green Heron

wind-felled maple
Green Heron nest
sideways

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

lakeside pinetop
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
morning sun

Laughing Gull

already too hot
the laughing gull cackles
third day of spring

Pied-billed Grebe

subtle ripples are
moving the floating oak leaf
near the Pied-billed Grebe

Pine Warbler

a fall Pine Warbler
uncharacteristically
hunting in the grass

Green Heron

blue and red feathers,

yellow eyes, and a black beak:

     why a Green Heron?

Common Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat
among the lakeside willows
- the first day of fall

Common Grackle

  

the the pattern of light
in a Common Grackle's eye

shows the horizon

Yellow-throated Warbler

paradoxical

the Yellow-throated Warbler

in Escheresque palm

Belted Kingfisher

round and round the lake

clickity clackity click -

Belted Kingfisher

American Robins

the late winter sun -

American Robins flock

in the cool shade, why?

Green Heron

in afternoon light

the Green Heron's dark shadow

makes the water clear

Palm Warbler

was this Palm Warbler

in a fight, hurt, or just a

unique pink-cheeked bird?

Pine Warbler

many high-pitched notes

moving from tree to tree - but

just one Pine Warbler