Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

October morning
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
all over the park

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Cicadas so loud
the Eastern Wood Pewee
has no voice

Summer Tanagers

gray all day
pair of Summer Tanagers
late afternoon

Brown Thrasher

singing of summer
in full-throated ease
Brown Thrasher

Gray Catbird

the pond's edge
Gray Catbird
silent

Monk Parakeet

Campus dusk
Monk Parakeet
snacks in the grass

Swainson's Thrush

third day of fall
a Swainson's Thrush
pops a beautyberry