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https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131433/ The Morning Porch Crystal-clear and quiet as the sun goes from gold to yellow and leaves its nest of leaves. The waxy chatter of goldfinches gives way to the wheeze of a... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131425/ The Morning Porch Breezy and cold, which the sun rising through clouds and half-leafed-out trees does little to abate. But when it emerges fully, I blink into a glisten of... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131432/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch A pause between showers fills with birdsong—the red-eyed vireo AKA preacher bird is back. Then a brown thrasher joins the chat. the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/04/159131418/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch Clear at sunrise, the western ridge brick-red above a meadow full of fog. Sound is out of the east, so field sparrows are answered by quarry truck beepers, and... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/about/ About – The Morning Porch Welcome to the world’s least ambitious daily newspaper! I’m Dave Bonta. For many years, based on the late, lamented Twitter platform, I wrote no more than 140... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/tag/clouds/ clouds – The Morning Porch the morning porchclouds https://morningporch.com/tag/sunrise/ sunrise – The Morning Porch the morning porchsunrise https://morningporch.com/2026/04/159131420/ The Morning Porch Foggy and damp. A catbird sings a few bars and falls silent. An hour later, a Baltimore oriole does the same. The field sparrows and towhees keep up their... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/03/159131360/ The Morning Porch Weak sun through a sky more white than blue, where a plane is circling a thousand feet overhead. A tufted titmouse foraging on the thawed earth flies up into a... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/tag/song-sparrow/ song sparrow – The Morning Porch the morning porchsong sparrow https://morningporch.com/tag/forsythia/ forsythia – The Morning Porch the morning porchforsythia https://morningporch.com/2025/05/159130826/ The Morning Porch Cool with a mix of thin clouds and murky blue. The buzzy, accelerating song of a Blackburnian warbler is interrupted by the buzzy, accelerating song of a... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/03/159131340/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch Brick-red clouds barely move as a relentless wind rummages through the trees and shrubs on the ridgeside. A thin slice of moon gets lost among tossing limbs. the morning porch https://morningporch.com/tag/stream/ stream – The Morning Porch the morning porchstream https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131434/ The Morning Porch Another cold, clear morning. I hear the low voices of birders mingling with the ovenbirds and field sparrows. The long-delayed leaf-out of frost-struck oaks... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131433/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch Crystal-clear and quiet as the sun goes from gold to yellow and leaves its nest of leaves. The waxy chatter of goldfinches gives way to the wheeze of a... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/02/159131302/ The Morning Porch A gray sky gravid with rain. A gray squirrel pops out of a hole in the yard, walnut between its teeth. Up in the woods, a chipmunk zips across the snow. the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/04/159131401/ The Morning Porch Cool and still damp from rain in the small hours. The sun goes back in after just fifteen minutes. The house finch stops caroling as the wind picks up. the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131428/ The Morning Porch Overcast and cool. I look up from my book to see a hummingbird flying aggressively back and forth a foot away from a gnatcatcher perched in the lilac, who... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/ The Morning Porch – Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow the morning porchshort takesdailyappalachianhollow https://morningporch.com/2025/04/159130810/ The Morning Porch A smear of sun, strong enough to cast thin shadows. Four white-throated sparrows trade variations of the same song like old-time fiddlers, trying slightly... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/04/159131422/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch Damp and overcast for the dawn chorus, which includes the accelerating buzz of a black-throated blue warbler, and a yellow-throated vireo slurring his... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/04/159131416/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch The soft wheezing of a black-and-white warbler alternates with a chipping sparrow’s dry rattle: soundtrack for the flutter of tiny leaves, their Pointillist... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/tag/downy/ Downy – The Morning Porch the morning porchdowny https://morningporch.com/tag/gray-squirrel/ gray squirrel – The Morning Porch the morning porchgraysquirrel https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131425/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch Breezy and cold, which the sun rising through clouds and half-leafed-out trees does little to abate. But when it emerges fully, I blink into a glisten of... the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/04/159131392/ The Morning Porch Quiet and cool at mid-morning. A cloud appears in the east only to disintegrate. Towhees call from several directions as I finish my tea. the morning porch https://morningporch.com/2026/05/159131430/?share=mastodon The Morning Porch Sunny and breezy, but still damp from a shower at dawn. A carpenter ant wanders across the arm of my wooden chair, tapping with her antennae as if taking its... the morning porch