blue heron
flies across road
still sky in November

raven attacks red hawk
soars with aeronautical grace
Stony Creek

pine trees
in front of a golden dawn
Vermont

wooden fences
beauty in a Vermont farm
summer pastures

early morning
farmer feeds his livestock
wooden cart

lavender skirts
a rose and gold dawn
Vermont

surfer
takes advantage of storm waves
Atlantic Ocean

sea grasses
grow in clumps on sandy shore
Cape Cod

largest
land predator
polar bear

wolves
reintroduced in Yellowstone
lonesome howl

yellow petals
beg to be identified
coastal waters

whitecaps
play on a turquoise ocean
California

blue iris
and Queen Anne's lace overlook
Tomales Bay

skunk cabbage
makes its spring debut
mid-March

singing ice
spring melt along lakeshore
Stony Creek

wild elk
graze outside fence
Snake River

fence rails made
from tree logs
Wyoming

fog swallows
the Snake River
Grand Tetons

horses graze
within and without
many shadows

blue fog
accompanies bird song
sunrise

fog envelopes
foothills in the Tetons
Wyoming

outlining
A-frame in Maine woods
sunrise

picture perfect
fishing harbor at sunset
Maine

gulls float
on rose-blue water
Maine sunrise

tule elk
graceful deer
big ears

steep hills
keep people off shoreline
Point Reynes

seals on the beach
gather in the morning light
colonies

California wildflowers
on the cliffs of Point Reynes
seal colony

gull strolls
over the blue sand
sunrise

tule elk
graze on steep banks
California coast

hornet's nest
visible through bare limbs
late October

red branches
drip
with melting snow
early spring

your cactus
needs replanting
too many baby cacti

earlier
we could hear
the ducks
but couldn't
see them
morning fog

so foggy
the wildlife
have the park
almost to themselves

AGAIN
the rookery
nests
OF BLUE HERONS

MARCH
It is
beginning
the
SPRING PARADE

leaves frozen
in a pattern
near the surface
dancing

fog dresses
tree branches
mystery

Tico sings
a male cat's song
Let me Out of Here!