51. The little retreat commands a view of the ocean, an osprey nest in a dead tree and a wetland where dewberries and yaupon holly grow. 52. The male birds usually court females by hammering away on dead tree limbs or on tin roofs. 53. The new house is on one acre, he said, which has several dead trees. 54. The next day, I borrowed a chain saw to cut down a small dead tree. 55. The potential for confrontation reaches its peak as the characters move to a scenic prairie dominated by a nuclear power plant, a crow and a dead tree. 56. The War Creek fire, with its stands of dead trees, does not ease that fear. 57. They also leave untouched some dead trees that contain cavities where woodpeckers might nest or porcupines might den. 58. They cleared out trash, dead trees and branches, overgrown wisteria and underbrush. 59. They left things too, like dead trees the woodpeckers need for shelter. 60. They were putting in a new balcony, adding a room, adding windows, updating a bathroom, transforming the kitchen, culling dead trees. |