23 February 2023 (a huddle)

a huddle of ducks

resists the river’s tug

snow day

14 November 2022 (scaups)

scaups on the lake

lost within whitecaps

autumn gale

30 March 2022 (ducks)

ducks at dusk

gliding upstream

fade to black

10 December 2021 (early dusk)

early dusk

dark shapes of ducks

shift among rocks

16 December 2020 (buffleheads)

snow on the river . . .

feeding buffleheads

flicker on and off

—I wrote this one for December 2020 New England Letters (which was shared today) in response to the prompt “surprise”

28 September 2020 (marsh)

marsh rain

we run for cover

as the ducks emerge

23 March 2020 (ducks)

social distancing

taking out the trash

i startle some ducks

4 March 2020 (ducks)

March wind

sailing downstream

pairs of ducks

3 March 2020 (ducks)

last light

by the river black ducks

forage for acorns

22 January 2020 (open water)

open water

alongside the ducks

a crow gets a drink

20 January 2020 (duck)

winter river

slowly the black duck

not a rock