I like to call them chocolate raspberry finches New Moon Four days old Late day day moon Rink Optimism Good Queen Min Failed but not bad Crow unafraid The moon having just cleared the neighbourhood to… Numbers just sitting there, minding their own busi… First night of spring And now there are squirrels Pine siskin in the freezing rain Not the right crocuses Two starlings getting wet, but getting fed Breakfast guest Quiet night Ms Minnie at sixteen and some Not paying attention Looking up Red Crossbill, not very red Dead outside my door Late, lamented Harry Local crow Maybe tomorrow Moon over the mail-boxes Sharpie hanging around BIPA 5.8% Duckish day-moon with gulls For our common delectation Some finches Starlings catching some exhausted warmth Two goldfinches in the rain Moon and Jupiter; but poorly From the dining-room window this evening Westerland Purple finch stock still, or nearly so She-flicker, eating Three hours before full The last (and unexpected) tomato Thirty-eight years ago Only the goldies The other Minnie Waiting turn. And watching