Bald Eagle.
When spring seems to want to revert to winter,
and a chilly wind whips the landscape,
and a blue-gray sky tops it all,
I look near and far for miracles.
They’re everywhere.
Symbiosis.
This morning, a tiny vine twisted about
a blackberry shoot, with its
dastardly looking thorns,
and a distant bald eagle
and nearer raven playing in the bluster.
And later in the morning a surprise porcupine
lumbering up a small tree
as my dog strains at the leash
and points. And I take a portrait of the beast
who looks to me like a “Clive.”
Beech Hill List
Beginning at 9 a.m., I hiked all trails.
North American Porcupine, Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport, Maine, 16 May 2016.
1. American Goldfinch*
2. Ovenbird** (v)
3. Black-throated Green Warbler (v)
4. Black-and-white Warbler
5. American Crow*
6. Chestnut-sided Warbler
7. Blue-headed Vireo**
8. Eastern Towhee
9. Black-capped Chickadee*
10. American Robin*
11. C0mmon Yellowthroat (v)
12. Song Sparrow
13. Nashville Warbler (v)
14. Gray Catbird** (v)
15. Hermit Thrush
16. Bald Eagle
17. Northern Flicker (v)
18. Common Raven
19. Purple Finch (v)
20. Savannah Sparrow (v)
21. Tufted Titmouse** (v)
22. Mourning Dove**
23. Eastern Phoebe
24. American Redstart (v)
Elsewhere
25. Herring Gull
26. European Starling
27. Downy Woodpecker (v)
28. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, American robin, bald eagle, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, black-throated blue warbler, blue-headed vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, common raven, common yellowthroat, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern towhee, European starling, gray catbird, hermit thrush, herring gull, mourning dove, Nashville warbler, northern flicker, ovenbird, purple finch, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse
