Under The Leaning Tree

Blue herons preening on the river tree.
Common Mergansers perch on this tree.
Kingfisher, perched and preening.
Herons calling low in the dawn.
Crows dive bombing the air.
Falcons creating havoc.
Geese cruising the eddies.
Big orange spider was missing in action, and is once again.
Gulls gather on the incoming tide.
Mergies hunt in packs of teenagers.
Water ripples with wind, surges with current and wiggles with displacement.
Cormorants fly, float, land and dive.
Salmon jumps once.
Otter hunches, sprints, and dives in the green seaweed.
Geese move away from the oblivious otter.
Swan sleeps with one eye open.
Flowers begin their fall festival.
Geese fly low over the water, honking their arrival.
Leaves turn yellow, orange, red and brown.
Moths fly up, up, up.
Clouds are drawn into the shapes of scallops and waves.
Ocean bubbles up as the sand is filled over.
Gulls haunting calls echo all afternoon.
Eagle scares up thousands en route for East Sooke.
Bull kelp slithers and shakes on the tide.
Seal surfaces shining in the sun.