"The Leading Edge of Spring"

                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                   Wild Plum with Townsend’s Solitaire

                                                                                                                                                                    Giclée reproduction  approx. 14" x 26"  

                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                              © 2005 Heather Dieter Bartmann

 

 The Townsend’s Solitaire had been frequenting the windbreak for weeks.  Eastern red cedar provided berries for food, the young cottonwood was the favored high calling perch, and the tangles of native plum were a safe haven  It was in the plum that I watched him that evening.  The buds were just beginning to swell and I was aware of a sudden warm breeze displacing the cold air.