The other day I posted a link to the 'crane cam' at Whitewater Draw.
But it was late when I posted and the crane cam only showed the night.
I went back to it this morning, out of curiosity.
I watched it, fascinated, for I don't know how long.
This is my new stillness.
Whitewater Draw
morning
prairie grass murmurs
cranes flutter, tumble
and call
Shared with the imaginary garden's real toads.
I wish I knew html well enough to load up that feed on this post, but I don't so you'll have to visit their site.
https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife/viewing/webcamlist/sandhillcrane/cranecam/
But it was late when I posted and the crane cam only showed the night.
I went back to it this morning, out of curiosity.
I watched it, fascinated, for I don't know how long.
This is my new stillness.
Whitewater Draw
morning
prairie grass murmurs
cranes flutter, tumble
and call
Shared with the imaginary garden's real toads.
I wish I knew html well enough to load up that feed on this post, but I don't so you'll have to visit their site.
https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife/viewing/webcamlist/sandhillcrane/cranecam/
Your description is filled with sensory detail.. a rare feat in such a short piece. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely way to find silence... looking at the cranes from the silence of your home...
ReplyDeleteThere is much stillness... and wonder... and calm... to be found in the dark.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done.
ReplyDeleteIt was empty when I clicked but i heard some wonderful noises coming from off camera - yes, murmurs and stillness. Beautiful
ReplyDeleteSuccinct and it captures the moment.
ReplyDeleteThe cam feed is like our human observation -- there because we expect to see something, hope there's revelation in it--but it's the participation which really counts, the presence, our attention. All carefully carved here.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThe beauty, the glory of nature so simply, but profoundly spoken.
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