walk in the spring woods

April 5 

I am able to take my first jaunt without snowshoes, just around the porcupine loop. How vigorously and swiftly the streams are running.   The sound of the rushing water fills the air with a constant roar, hard to hear anything else.

Avesong, April 5, 2011

The wood pewee arrives on time.

Last night the eastern wood pewee was not heard, but tonight it was peeweeing in the creeping darkness of the evening.
Spring is coming to an end and the thickness of summer will soon take its place.


Avesong, May 24, 2009

Dark woods

I just did a quick loop around and back through the woods, it took about 20 minutes and I forgot to put my boots on, and it was cool and the light was fading quickly, and the last notes of the hermit thrushes rang though the forest around me, and I wasn't afraid, I felt confident and clear-minded and I regret it was too late to go on further.

Avesong, April 29,2009