Some birds on the farm.
Feel free to correct my id's.
There were a number of other birds
bald eagles, lots of juncos, flocks
of robins and magpies.
Song Sparrow
Purple Finch
This guy peewee'd every morning.
Western Wood Pewee
The only warblers I found
were flocks of Yellow Rumped Warblers.
I thought this was a Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Not a great photo of a Turkey Vulture
but I thought the light created
an interesting shot.
And I can quote one of my favorite poems
"calling them what I'd never called them, what they are,
those dwarfed transfiguring angels,
who flock to the side of the poisoned fox, the mud turtle
crushed on the shoulder of the road,
who pray over the leaf-graves of the anonymous lost,
with mercy enough to consume us all and give us wings. "
Under the Vulture-Tree
David Bottoms
