Category Archives: birds

A Quetzal, in the Flesh

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

All I wanted for my birthday was a Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno). The excitement this bird generates can’t be overstated. It inspires much grand hyperbole, often described as “the most beautiful bird in the world”. It is, technically, in the … Continue reading →

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Follow the River

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

In my townie neighborhood, a small stream trickles through masonry walls on a bed of cement. A heavy downpour doesn’t call it to life so much as flush its trash down the sewer. The city has constructed a path along … Continue reading →

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From a pile of old drawings

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Snow is slowly printing out a Christmas-card wonderland in the front yard, while a hopeful cardinal sings from the rat’s nest of our dead trumpet vine. Even this early in the season, even with snow falling around it, the thing … Continue reading →

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