Field guide No. 1321
Leaf singing sparrows
Every note a cutting
A flock of sparrows perches on a bare hedge with a green leaf coming out of each open beak. It is the first birdsong that needs watering.
Field noteSparrows open their beaks and leaves come out where the notes should be.
Also possible, also breaking category
Octopus scattered across the seabedFive arms vanish into five separate burrows, so the octopus is in several meetings at once.
Stranded jellyfish filled with autumn leavesJellyfish swallow what drifts in. This one met a lot of leaves on the way to shore.
Emerald frog’s concentric dew chorusCalls are sound; dew is water. A croak arriving as droplets swaps one for the other.
Silver crescent in a bruised skyClouds that colour like a bruise round a crescent. Skies only look hurt; this one took it literally.