Overnight the pond edge froze
Reminding that nature is fickle
Wood ducks eye me warily
Fleeing in fear in a quick uplift of feather
Trailcam rig waits for customers
Lessons in McGyver modifications
Pileated woodpecker bashing away at the trees
Holy evidence of their search for sustenance
A Compton's Tortoiseshell flutters about rustling leaves
Teases the slow-witted photographer
At night the owl seeks its mice friends
Hungrily perched in the dark in the sweet cedar
White bull's eyes evidence of its success
Spewing mice pellets in the dark
Leaving behind a lone feather
Evidence of his night's work
Shadows in the forest keeping silent tales
Broken arms like Disney characters
Cats go on a walkabout jealous of the other
Happy to rub cheeks on warm rocks
Delighted the cold snow is gone
