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swooping hawk
banks under trees, black
bird shadows

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young hawk sits

on chicken coop net

not preying

Fifteen Minutes of Animal Accounting

Upon awaking today while getting dressed and making a cup of coffee, for whatever reason, I noticed that one of the chickens was in the yard, that the cat was under the fleece throw, the dog was still in her bed, a native bee was gathering nectar at the rose of sharon, a cat bird was flying to the holly bush, an ant was crawling on the counter, a honey bee was inspecting the same rose bush, a bird darted across the field, a small white moth fluttered over the front field, another bird darted over the street, a cat bird was crying and finally at the fifteen minute mark a wren chittered loudly outside the north window.

LavenderToadBee

The other morning

I spied a stout form in the

squat birdbath,

by the lavender

that the native bumbles adore

- a toad waiting, as a

honeybee just flew into the

frame.

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