24 degrees and sun/cloud mix at the start
Bird Highlight: Indigo Bunting
Species list: pileated woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, great crested flycatcher, least flycatcher, eastern pewee, barn swallow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, gray catbird, American robin, European starling, warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo, Tennessee warbler, yellow warbler, oven bird, common yellowthroat, American redstart, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, Baltimore oriole, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, rose-breasted grosbeak, indigo bunting, American goldfinch, song sparrow. (27 species)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
JULY IN SCARBOROUGH
White bird flies against black cloud
Black bird flies against white cloud
Cameos.
Leggy orange day lilies
Languish against a blue shed
They flirt.
In a gritty Scarborough lane.
A work friend eases
Three tiny yellow plums
Into my palm
Plums succumb to my hearty chomp
At TTC bus stop.
I coax a tiny fuchsia bloom
Between index and thumb
Home base it in blue eggcup
Add one teaspoon of water
I am content with the wee view.
Adele Koehnke