went looking for warblers to no avail. however ran into a novel bird —the sage thrasher. eating insects in late summer with her short beak. in winter she eat berries
writings
09.16.2016
brood — would you like one she says. holding out a tray with frozen larvae i like honey, i like bees when they sting me too, at harvest. i can’t eat this unborn thing . in traffic home each day any hearse glides right trough me havesting. tapping the honey inside. sealing jars of dripping. labbeling this fall. loss
09.01.2016
— around 5:00 this morning one black-billed was still present, although it proved to be very difficult to find. spent over two hours looking for it and only saw it once, but it is in the area. seemed to be staying close to nashville warblers. this is the first day of fall
08.29.2016
this afternoon you see a boy jaywalking towards you. the sun behind him gleam/glows so how are you quiet sure straight away. that he is a non-native/new native? his t-shirt says we love asphalt across the chest and therefore you would like to have sex with him
08.26.2016
— if you want to see baby grebes, this is the time to come out
08.03.2016
i think so, cause these are the dog days yes they are nice everywhere —
08.01.2016
american wigeon 7 american coot 1,283 american bittern 1 american white pelican 1,229 great blue heron 36 snowy egret 3 great egret 3 american golden plover 6 black-crowned night heron 12 white-faced ibis 36 wilson’s phalarope 27 black-necked stilt 2 american avocet 6 lesser yellowlegs 1 eared grebe 69 western grebe 117 great horned owl 2 american kestrel 2
07.27.2016
“snowy egret and another bird that shows signs for a juvenile little blue heron; bicolored mostly gray bill with a dark tip, green-yellow loral skin and legs, and most importantly an upright and deliberate posture. juvenile little blue heron has been getting harassed by the snowy egret which are slightly bigger. the two birds were in the northern water and the smaller bird flew off and was immediately chased by the snowy egret. now both are on the shore of the south water” “look closely at the color and posture of the birds. snowy egrets keep their neck curled back,…
07.19.2016
“this afternoon i saw an american white pelican sitting in the sagebrush along the road down the west side of strawberry reservoir. two other birds were holding its left wing up when it walked through the sage and was well over a 1/2 mile from water. the procession headed north, away from the water. towards strawberry ridge”
07.10.2016
kitten peep through wire mesh for black bird chicks shadows of this day grows tall and slender the ginkgo leaves wave their grace with hundreds of million years tenacity. wary we recognise each other ; living fossils non-native citizens emigrants at home pray. with wings to rise above our sorrow [sea]
