Witness

[Mark A Becker]

A female cardinal bathes
in urgent splashes,
gray, black, brown feathers 
darkened and in disarray
jagged in the sun,
wild nymph.

Hi Tim,

I think there's space within in this brief witnessed moment to add a couple more dabs of color: red beak, red tinged feathers, that characteristic black 'mask'.

Here in Virginia, we see more of a muted brownish, than grayish breast feathers.  I'm always fascinated by bird behavior (we have a couple of warring factions in our backyard- cardinals vs mockingbirds)

As is, I enjoyed this one. Thanks,
Mark