chase

By neighdoctor August 19, 2014 chase

in the last of the golden hour this morning, I watched the immature great blue heron on the left chase his cousin the great egret

on alert

By neighdoctor August 18, 2014 on alert

great egret standing on alert in smart weed grass

By neighdoctor August 7, 2014 passion flower

I found a single vine of this passion flower laced through the other wildflowers on the bank of the Haw River.

By neighdoctor August 7, 2014 morning glory heart

not the web of spiders
great or small
nor the links metal
forged by man
can keep
morning glory heart
from greeting the sun

By neighdoctor August 6, 2014 furnace

just after dawn at the Haw River

By neighdoctor August 5, 2014 grooming

Vultures often gently groom each other.
The soothing effect can be seen in the expression of the black vulture to your right – it is half asleep.