Snowy Owl at Sunset  ~ Cody, Wyoming

"Rain trickles in from the sea"
Rain, Whispering
by KB Ballentine


"A fox, nose lifted, disappears into the Hazelwood"
Untethered
by KB Ballentine


"Winter abandons us"
What I Owe the Fading Day
  by KB Ballentine



A Visitor in My Tuscan Garden ~ Florence, Italy

"It floats between song and wind"
Synergist
by Michael Keshigian


"Branches verging on bursting forth their bloom"
Emergence
by Michael Escoubas


"We watch the hills grow jagged"
Great River Road
by Christine Swanberg


"A fluff of cloud mirrored on a pond"
On Gentle Winds
by Annie Jenkin


"Before they fly to South America for winter months"
The Chimney Swifts of Madison
by Robin Chapman


"Fierce winds a mere whisper"
A Sometime March
by Mark Fleisher


"I listen to the wind and hear raucous calls of bright-plumed birds"
Anasazi Blizzard
by Lenora Rain-Lee Good


"The season’s cycle that has just begun"
Spring Snow
by MFrost Delaney


"Come thrush and thrasher, cat bird and blue jay"
Longing for Spring 
by Christine Swanberg




Rufous-sided Towhee ~ Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

afternoon
birth or bath
calm
death
envelope
feed
grass
horned
I
jump
karma
left
mad
neighbourhood
only
panel
quick
red
sunny
twitter
unique
visit
window
any word beginning with an X
yell
zoo


"The tall grass is waving in the breeze. “
Watching the Birds
by Chuck Cover


"I reveled in the afterglow of a much-needed relaxing bath"
The Unexpected Visitor
by Mark Fleisher


"Red was simply a color in the crayon box"
Pray And Hold On
by Gail Denham


"Listened to the sparrows twitter as they bathed"
Karma
by Candace Turner


"Tomorrow, I will visit you, sing beneath your window"
Divination
by Marcel Aime Duclos


"I once witnessed a red fox jump the jagged river bed"
Wild Woods 
by Gloria Viglione



"Her lips were fire engine red"
It Was Sort-of Like This
by Jane Lang  



Flamingos at Griffith Park Zoo ~ Los Angeles, CA

"A flamboyance of flamingos"
Pink Flamingos
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John


"Mud-caked from wading in the bog"
Flamingos
by Michael Escoubas


"Just this once let her glide on the water's edge with the grace of a dove"
Flamingo Mating Dance
by Jane Lang


"We had good karma"
Our Plastic Menagerie
by Gail Denham


"The flamingos seemed not to notice"
House Overlooking the Park
by Marcel Aime Duclos



Egret ~  Swinomish Channel,  La Conner, Washington

"Crow on the telephone wire"
Haiku
by Charlotte Digregorio



A Visitor in Christopher's Garden ~ Oxfordshire, Cotswold, UK



Leave It Raw
by Shakira Croce
Reviewed by Carole Mertz


The Majesty of Trees: Poets Respond Root, Trunk and Branch
Co-Editors: Jennifer Dotson and Mary Beth Bretzlauf
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas


Small as Hope in the Helicopter Rain
by Lisa Akus
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater


Color and Line: Poems by Carole Mertz
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas




White-tailed Eagle ~ Northern Tyne, Northumberland, UK

Publisher: Kindle Direct Publications
Reflections: Life, the River, and Beyond
by Tarweed Poets, Jim Bumgarner, Lenora Good and Jim Theilman


Publisher/Copyright: Southern Chapter, Illinois State Poetry's Society
The First Six Months: Poems During a Pandemic
Anthology by Southern Chapter, Illinois State Poetry Society
Editor: Kathy Lohrum Cotton


Publisher: Silver Sage
In Search of the Owl—A Memoir
by Jean Sidinger





Sparrows ~ Greenbush, Michigan

Hearty and rustic
Irish Soda Bread
from the kitchen of Victor Riehl



Perfect St. Patrick's Day breakfast
Potatoes O'Brien
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John


A lovely "fall off the bone" St. Patty's Day meal
Irish Lamb Shank Stew
from the kitchen of Denis O'Neill



Dessert or cocktail? You decide!
Bailey's Irish Cream Slushy
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John





Redheaded Woodpecker ~  Greenbush, Michigan

Photos by Sharmagne Leland-St.John

Sara Wadington

Thomas Tetzner/USFWS



Andean Condor ~ Patagonia, Chile


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