2 Sep 2010 | No Comment | Insects etc. »

A crowded tangle of twigs,
a scout with a bright idea;
conspiring alone at the jumping-off point
of an ambitious treasure hunt.

 
An ant scout with a bright idea

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

31 Aug 2010 | 7 Comments | Insects etc. »

Fly this fast and the world never looks the same,
the tipsy universe whips by in a wing’s beat.

 
Honey Bees return to the hive

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

29 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | Insects etc. »

A spontaneous leap into a new space age,
escaping an exhausted flower, ignoring old sign-posts.

 
A bee leaps into a new space age

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

26 Aug 2010 | 4 Comments | Birds »

“Who the hell do you think you are?

Do you think I can forget the past?

Don’t promise me the impossible!”
 
Don't promise this finch the impossible!

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus

24 Aug 2010 | 4 Comments | Birds »

Chasing the summer madness,
unlocking a fearless wind,
drunk songbirds get their wild-eyed kicks.

 
Sparrows in flight

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

22 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | Insects etc. »

A young mantis takes a curious turn,
exploring a place seldom noticed,
lost to a larger world,
illuminated by scattered diamonds.

 
A curious young mantis

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Praying Mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

19 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | Insects etc. »

A toy-box explorer with a troubled back-story
attempts to map the overcrowded microwilderness,
finding larger patterns in the small spaces between buds.

 
An ant maps the overcrowded microwilderness

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

17 Aug 2010 | 4 Comments | Birds »

A star in her own show,
a worn and slightly disheveled songbird,
between the lightning and the wild rain.

 
Sparrow in a spring rain

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

15 Aug 2010 | 5 Comments | Birds »

Impossibly complex abstraction reigns,
cobbling together a life from scavenged freedom.
 

Vultures from a trip to South Beach earlier this year.
Just a portion of the sky filled with hundreds of birds
near the Oleta River.
 
Vultures near the Oleta River

. . . and a detail:
Vultures near the Oleta River

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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura

12 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | Insects etc. »

The Grand Canyon? Barsoom? Pandora? Maybe.
 

No bigger than a moonlet,
Queen of an alien laboratory for spontaneous choreography,
a spider squares the circle at the labyrinth’s center.

 
A spider is queen of an alien laboratory

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Spider | Arachnid