A finch moves slowly, taking her time,
before Spring is gone for good.

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House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus

A songbird couple steals gossip from the wind,
rumors of winter’s end echoed
in each beating wing.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

The sun’s last rays follow a chickadee
happy to cut loose from a jaded past.

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Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus

A one-eyed Broad-Winged Hawk listens
to the wind, divining the logic of the sky.

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Broad-Winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus

Too close to the sun, emotions on fire:
“You can’t leave ’til I’m ready to let you go”.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

Sleep broken by rumors of small ghosts,
a Screech Owl wakes, moving lightly
through midnight shadows.

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Eastern Screech Owl | Otus asio

A finch flies above the spectacle of history,
changing the colors of the stratosphere
in order to move forward.

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House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus

A lightening rod of fury sparks a frenzied
Gangnam Style dance, unfriendly neighbors
in a fevered confusion of wings.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

Two songbirds leap forward into next year,
arguing the details of gravity,
the wind a time machine.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

A few of my favorite images from the past year:
Outrunning the Sun:

First Meal:

Dancing to the Music of the Spheres:

Unruly Buds:

String Theory:

Stealing Red:

Starry Alchemy:

And a damselfly from my picture book Step Gently Out: