“In the middle of work/we start longing fiercely 

for wide greenery/for the Wilderness itself, penetrated 

only/by the thin civilization of telephone wires.”

                                                         from On the Outskirts of Work
                                                                 Tomas Transtromer

 Saturday we were finishing walking 
the dogs when I heard the Crossbills 

again. They were across the street 

in an even taller tree than last week

and the tree was equally far from the alley 

and the street so the distance was a bit far

and the day overcast. The flock consisted 

of Red and White-winged Crossbills I did 

not see any Redpolls or Nuthatches but I only

had my camera no binoculars so they could

have been there.

Here you can compare the males of the two species.

  

Below a look at the crossed bill.

 

I saw the Flicker yesterday but did not get a 

good picture. But today the Red Shafted Flicker

appeared among our feeder birds. Thanks Kathie

"Seen from underneath everything is large,

As among gods.

The earthworm thinks it's thundering when you 

put your toe down.

From the dead's point of view, it's you who are in heaven."

from From Above, from Below and from the Side.

                      Rolf Jacobsen