Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Northern Flicker in the earthly balance with the sleepy meadow...
steps left, steps right, turns back and at once the reds jump out, calling for spring...
His Latin name has this word Auratus which means golden...
Looking closely at his plumage, I sense the meaning...
the patterns where each plume has a golden place and innate beauty of nature comes to light...
... for whose eyes?...
