The twists and turns of an ambitious young starling.
 

Have you a better way to go crazy?
 

After the rain, an aloof mantis nymph
conducts the little restless midges.
 

A Black-capped Chickadee hovers mysteriously,
the point where speed meets gravity and an overcast day
is lit by a small missile.
 

A White-breasted Nuthatch promises the impossible,
a figment of my imagination,
charming and rude all at once.
 

An ant contemplates the awesome and ominous view
deep in the microwilderness, perhaps a scene
from the fever dreams of Caspar David Friedrich.
 

Just found out my Wild Light blog has been included in the list
“50 Amazing Nature Photography Bloggers”,
a nice resource for some fine wildlife photography.
 

Here’s a young bandit hours after birth,
a praying mantis nymph caught up in some abandoned
spider webbing searching for tiny prey.
 

After the rain, a Charlevoix chironomid midge finds shelter among pine needles,
a world of spikes and angles.
 

 
Here’s a detail of the midge’s world.
 

Not enough energy? Rebellious songbirds show off,
rolling and tumbling, tangled-up in battle.
 

I’m the Featured Artist on the Fotomoto.com site today, with one of my ant images.
 

Is there a way of knowing that ants actually experience emotion?
Read more here: Ants and Answers: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson.
 

An instant before reaching its lavender goal,
a cabbage white butterfly,
poised between the worlds of dream and toil,
the last day of an August yet to come.