Tagged air

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,…

06.29.2016

    ved opholdsvejr, falder dun fra dit bryst. stadigt flere flagrer ud når du fjerner dem som vælder ynglesæsoner fra dit hjerte uden ophør. efter regnen falder mere regn efter regnen vågner du i vand til livet du står på sandbunden med saltvandets opdrift mod huden. svaler fanger stille insekter de hænger som flydende. i rav i luftens væde     efter regnen drømmer du om hylden. lyser som pudrede mælkeveje på stilke sender deres pollen gennem luften/ud i universet dine fødder drømmer de går over sandet langsomt træder æskens sider frem i daggry havet glider ind gennem vinduet du…

12.06.2016

— quiet day on the beach, overcast. many plovers were sunbathing in the crisp morning. one place, there were more than six in the dunes

01.19.2016

remember how you told me you’ve been sitting on your porch, unable to work all through summer (how’s your family now? mine too is falling apart) i am sitting on my balcony, the city sounds are painful, except birds — swallows nesting in the parking lot underneath the building — their circular construction of salivary laminae cemented treasures. do you know that. the industry of edible birds nests have exceeded five billion dollars annually. i have days where i can hardly raise my body. produce no sweetness, process no evil this is what small creates do. work, to reproduce the sound of their species, their miniature…