April 30: Sun-day

Sunny mountaintop--

two little girls happy

to be barefoot.

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April 29: Roadside wonders

In the field

where we always look for turkeys--

flock of turkeys.

 

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April 28: Brigadoon

Driving homeward

after time in the city.

Fog bank.

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April 27: Bryant Park

Keep off the new sod,

so we sit next to the grass

and take pictures.

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April 26: In the museum

Butterfly garden--

trying to reassure

a fearful little boy.

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April 25: Into spring

Driving south--

annual revelation

of flowering trees.

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April 24: Harbor

Leaving the library

empty-handed.

Scent of the sea.

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April 23: Rare bird

My husband and I spent almost the whole day standing in a backyard in Sheepscott with dozens of other birders hoping to catch a glimpse of a Fieldfare. This bird was first observed a few days ago, and has never been recorded before in Maine. So it would have been an exciting sighting. But it was not to be.

 

However, we enjoyed our day of waiting, seeking, and hoping. We caught up with birder friends who had shown up from all around the state while soaking up the first sunlight we'd seen in days. And while we may not have seen the Fieldfare, we did see pairs of Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Tree Swallows, Bald Eagles, and Red-tailed Hawks, and were serenaded by Ruby-crowned Kinglets and bluebirds. Love was literally in the air. And we saw a fox, which was shooed away by a loud pair of Canada Geese.

 

We didn't see the rare bird

but perhaps that's not

what we were there for.

 

 

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April 22: Earth Day

Scoping the saltmarsh--

four herons also huddled

against rain and cold.

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April 21: In the dark

Driving home late--
animal eyes or beer cans
shining in the headlights?

April 20: Birdsong

Noticing this morning

as if for the first time

songs of robins.

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April 19: Tulips

Shutting the door

against the cold.

Tulip petals scatter.

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April 18: Pairs

Soft bodies of doves

paired up on the wire--

a line of wild music.

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April 17: Birthday

On his birthday

no fish caught

but he doesn't care

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April 16: Easter Sunday

Record warm day.

Kinglet singing on and on,

maple trees in bloom.

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April 15: Bird in the kitchen

open kitchen window
briefly trapped chickadee
outside, sound of singing

April 14: Early bird

While we're talking on the phone

season's first Osprey

flies downriver.

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April 13: Nesting

Watching hopefully
as a pair of Wood Ducks
checks out my backyard trees.

April 12: Yellow

Rainy afternoon.

Unexpected stop

to buy pots of daffodils.

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April 11: Pink Moon

Was it the full moon

or strange dreams

that kept waking me last night?

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April 10: Spring is in the air

Outside for the first time

this spring the cat

sniffs everything.

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April 9: We discover snowdrops

raking the garden
what's been going on
under dead leaves and snow

April 8: Roadside Jesus

Roadside Jesus

welcoming squirrels across

with outstretched arms.

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April 7: Current events

green river rising
ducks have flown to the lake
don't turn on the news

April 6: Sighting

From the shower

my husband watches an otter

cross our backyard.

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April 5: Emergence

Pulling the blind
on a skunk sniffing
the still-frozen lawn.

April 4: Spring afternoon

Afternoon ennui.

The rain turns back

to snow.

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April 3: Liminal season

That time of year--

green tips of emerging chives

visible under ice.

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April 2: On the bus

Long bus ride home--

picking out stars

from streetlights.

 

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April 1: April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day.

Water moccasin in the canal

scares her inside.

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