24 July 2021 (heron)

twilight

a heron flies from dark

to darker

18 April 2021 (heron)

hard conversation . . .

slowly a heron flaps

up out of the trees

12 May 2020 (heron)

five p.m.

a lone heron flaps

downriver

2 May 2020 (heron)

freshet

the heron’s usual perch

underwater

15 March 2019 (memorial)

memorial service

hoping it means something

heron overhead

1 March 2019 trio (swamp)

Spent the morning in Corkscrew Swamp, a nature preserve protecting an ancient cypress swamp lush with ferns, water hyacinth, palmettos, vines, and giant trees hundreds of years old, and teeming with birds, insects, and other wildlife. Such a challenge to convey the essence of such a rich and multi-textured place in a minimal number of words...

cypress swamp

opening as we pass

the alligator’s eyes

cypress swamp

climbing the fallen tree

bright green ferns

cypress swamp

the green heron remains

motionless

September 7: Heron

tidal basin
finding the heron
by its reflection

September 28: Beauty enough

Heron preening

under the daylit half-moon.

What more do you need?

 

April 22: Earth Day

Scoping the saltmarsh--

four herons also huddled

against rain and cold.

Posted with Blogsy

March 28: Rookery

visiting the rookery

with my parents

what chaos in each nest

 

 

Posted with Blogsy

December 1: Flight

Over Hannaford

two herons flying to roost

while I lug groceries.

Posted with Blogsy