A sharp honey bee on her way to the wild side of the garden,
too chic for her own good.
 

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

A energetic songbird makes a noisy show
of its disapproval with an interloping starling,
a frontal assault on the open border policy of my backyard,
soon to take a sharp turn toward the unruly.
 

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Starling | Sturnus vulgaris

Two female songbirds argue,
intolerable demands and threats
send shock waves through receding feathers.
 

Any ideas on the actual conversation?
Write your own caption.
 

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

Over lichen-covered bark,
an ant runs late for her next appointment,
leaving a blurred memory of a bewildered oak.
 

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

Returning home with ill-gotten gains,
slicing through the garden,
skyscraper stems bend and sway,
a scale model speeds through space.
 

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Honey bee | Apis mellifera

Torn between adventure and hunger,
the prodigal son appears,
only to disappear again,
leaving the sky littered with nonsense.
 

A hungry young starling harasses its parent.
 

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Starling | Sturnus vulgaris

A break in the fierce sunlight between solving disputes,
a private investigator levitates,
a complex personality hiding in the deep shadows.
 

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House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus

More than a rumor of a summer storm,
a psychological stargazer spins telepathic fires
as the summer burns out the night.
 

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Katydid | Tettigoniidae

The red-eye to the dark side beckons,
a hotshot young assassin stalks a world gone feral,
no pillow talk from this demon.
 

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Assassin bug | Zelus luridus

In the air or at the clubs,
the Dharma Bums warp the world
with the switchback force of their clean,
antagonistic style.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus