Merlin

I have an app on my phone that listens to birds

I have an app on my phone
that listens to birds
and names them for me
on our early morning dog walks
under cherry trees still dripping
with the previous night's rain
I hold the phone in the air
and marvel how the birdsong
registers in spite of the Port
alarms and first responder
sirens black-capped chickadees,
robins northern flickers
an hour from now it will be mostly
crows and seagulls
but this is the delicate hour
when song threads between the high branches
creating a lacework of whistles 
coos chirps and trill now there
is a nuthatch oh and a song sparrow
970 steps and we've completed
our trip around Hastings
Sunrise I think I'll leave the window
open today let spring have its way.