Blue Jays, quiet and secretive
most of the summer,
have begun to shriek and jeer
from high hidden perches.
Black-capped Chickadees
gather in groups again
to chatter and jabber:
"fee-bee," and "fee-bee-bee".
Eastern Chipmunks jump
and scatter quickly
off the wooded trail
you are hiking.
Sandhill Cranes have raised
their young and take them up
for practice flights, preparing
for late fall migration.
And out West, in the elevations,
the Rocky Mountains are already aflame
with Aspens climbing and
spreading gold up the slopes.
© 2021 Richard Havenga
Photo Locations:
1. Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan
2. Chief Hazy Cloud Park - Kent County - Michigan
3. Pickerel Lake Park - Fred Meijer Nature Preserve - Kent County - Michigan
4. McCarthy Lake - Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan
5. Grand Mesa National Forest - Colorado
"... the Rocky Mountains are aflame with Aspens,..." ~ from: "Changes" by Poet/Photographer Richard Havenga @ Walk With Father Nature: https://walkwithfathernature.blogspot.com/2021/09/changes.html
ReplyDeleteI love the unique way you captured the change of seasons through the actions of flora and fauna. Not a cliché to be found!
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