Spring 15: From Here to Here

Monday, April 4, 2011
6:50am-7:20am, Bussey Brook Meadow, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA
overcast

The most mesmerizing part of the morning was scrambling up a hill to find myself surrounded by weird, twisted, bare shrub branches. Some were twisted upon themselves, others captured by curvaceous vines, and still others deeply scored by vines that had since passed on.

I had also ended up at the edge of a familiar lot next to my street, rather than the new secret nature enclave I had been hoping for.

Was a grey, grey, rather dismal morning.

Are the robins regressing? Their songs don't have quite the melodic punch of last week..But this one has some fun merges with a nearby cardinal: