More springtime in the Rockies, and a Poetry Month contribution

This morning I noticed that a couple of our local Red-Shafted Northern Flickers have created matching condominiums in a topped-off cottonwood in front of the house. Look closely and you'll see the beautifully symmetrical entry-holes, one in each trunk:

Now I need to see if I can get a picture that includes a Flicker! I've tried several times to get a snap of one at our feeder but the darned things fly away before I can, every time!

And here are a couple more spring snow images. First, the courtyard between the building where I work and the next one this morning:



And then some daffodils in the snow:


The second one reminds me of a poem I read once...

Spring Snow
by Arthur Sze

A spring snow coincides with plum blossoms.
In a month, you will forget, then remember
when nine ravens perched in the elm sway in wind. ( continued behind the cut )