In icy ground . . .
Daffodils sprout forth, bright buds
In yellow hues, their faces
Smiling in the cold earth,
Promising springtime to us all.
(Style of a Japanese tanka in 31 syllables inspired by API)
Green Heron
December 14, 2021
December is our heron month. More common than the Little Blue shown last week, the Green Heron is another summer resident that winters in Central America and the Caribbean where some stay the year round. It, too, is becoming less
