Category: Birds

Moment: June 1, 2019, 7:30 a.m.

6/1/2019

Like a Maypole being wrapped in a rainbow, I stand beneath locust trees alive with a multitude of Cedar Waxwings, feeling myself entwined in ribbons of flight.

Horton Park

Photo by Tracy Kugler

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Moment: May 10, 2019, 4:00 p.m.

5/10/2019

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With his crisp black-and-white checks and staccato rat-tat-tat, a woodpecker is as formal and precise as a mathematical proof, adding a flourish of elegance, as he swoops off in graceful flight.

Hamline Ave

Image by Jennifer Beebe from Pixabay

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Rainbow of Spring

5/6/2019

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Sensuous red tulip

Dainty orange butterfly

Flashy yellow goldfinch

Fresh green leaves

and

Clear blue sky

Regal purple irises

Goldfinch image by Peggy Dyar from Pixabay.
All other photos by Tracy Kugler

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Moment: May 1, 2019, 6:00 a.m.

5/1/2019

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Aspen and lilac, cherry and apple, even oak and gingko have all begun to unfurl. Only the locust still slumbers, bare branches leaving space to spot the sparrows.

Seminary Ave. Photo by Tracy Kugler

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Moments: June 2018

2/2/2019

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While I was on hiatus for the latter half of 2018, I was still composing moments here and there. I just didn't have time to prepare them and get them posted. I plan to catch up over the next few weeks with monthly installments, working forward from June.

June 25, 6:45 a.m.
A surprise shower sprinkles the pavement with Dalmatian spots.

Pierce Butler Route

June 27, 7:00 a.m.
In a fantastic feat of atmospheric prestidigitation, with nothing more than air and water, downtown Minneapolis disappears.

Transfer Avenue

June 30, 3:45 p.m.
A swallow’s sharp wings slice across shimmering steel clouds.

My back yard

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