It was too dark for birdsong this morning when Reggie and I set out on our 6:00 walk, the only sound being that of crickets calling from beyond the warm circle of light puddling at the base of every streetlight. Only on the walk back home, after the sky had lightened to a smudgy gray, did I hear the first stirring birds: a calling crow, a screaming blue jay, and an incongruously yodeling rooster from someone’s backyard coop.
Today’s photo is recycled from 2006…and from 2008, when I reposted it. Some images are worth revisiting, especially on a morning too dark for photography.
The title of today’s post is also recycled from 2007, but the post itself is ink-wet fresh from the pages of this morning’s journal entry.
Sep 22, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I can see why you’d reuse this photo! Aren’t roosters great? They’re so exuberant!
Sep 23, 2009 at 9:11 am
It always surprises me to hear roosters in my entirely non-rural neighborhood. I guess a backyard chicken coop doesn’t take up much room.