April 20: Waiting for woodcocks at Lily Pond
At dusk, hoping to catch the woodcock aerial mating display. We hear turkeys gobbling, geese and ducks, peepers, robins, blackbirds, and cardinals, and catch a glimpse of an eagle chasing an osprey, but no woodcocks on this chilly night.
All at once, frogs switch on,
and one by one
Mars, Jupiter, stars appear.