Tag Archives: birds

Call me Cheepy

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Monica

Names are Important I recognized at the age of three that names are important. The names you are given, and, especially, the names you choose for yourself.  Others demonstrate respect and caring by honoring your choices, even when ridiculous. For … Continue reading →

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Flycatcher Green

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Monica

FLYCATCHER GREEN Welcome whistler better than sticky paper cheeps from nearby tree

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Bluebird Blue

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Monica

SURELY BLUE Strong but soft rich but subdued quietly sure not cobalt not royal not baby but bluebird deeply serene cerulean blue

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Bright Moon Wandering – New Poetry Book

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Monica

I have a new book of poetry – Bright Moon WanderingI would be very happy if you took a look and gave me your thoughts!

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Sometimes Rescuers Need Rescuing

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Monica

I’m posting a communication from Ellicott Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.  It includes before and shortly-after pictures of an owl being rehabilitated after hitting a window at high speed. Ellicott is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) organization rescuing birds and other wildlife since … Continue reading →

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Backpacking in Yellowstone/The Merger

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Monica

Backpacking in Yellowstone Hoped-for submersion auspicious inversion civilizing subversion total immersion The Merger Speak not of boardrooms of quick-voiced chaos and closed-in spaces __________________ rather, into quiet ease – the lullaby of birdsong wind’s dance with the trees refrain of … Continue reading →

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Elusive and Unmistakeable…

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Monica

Goldfinch!     It must be spring!

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Albatross Sing and Dance

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Monica

Courtesy of the always-amazing Cornell Lab of Ornithology comes this video of albatross singing and dancing.  Seeing is believing! Does this sound a little like whale song?

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Sweet New Year Wishes

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Monica

To my special and talented fellow bloggers, wishes for a sweet 2015, with fine foodclear skies   treasures large and small free flight an open road wild vistastime with loved onesand a happy heart

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Sights and Sounds of Yellowstone in Late Spring/Western Meadowlark

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Monica

  Western Meadowlark, Yellowstone, May 2014

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