The Fourth River

A Journal of Nature and Place-based Writing Published by the Chatham University MFA Program

ISSUE O.16, fall 2025:

for the birds

ARTWORK

Kim Breit

Kim Breit

Kim Breit

Kim Breit

Erithacus Rubecula

Erithacus Rubecula

Pimpawan Chaipanit

Ravens

Robert Seibert

Goose Landing

Jacquelyn Cynkar

Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers

Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers

Terri Saul

Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers

Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers

Terri Saul

Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers

Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers

Terri Saul

Murder Shed

Adam E. Willis

The Birds are Making a Ruckus

The Birds are Making a Ruckus

Rita Wilson

Spirit Bird

Rita Wilson

Roger Camp

Roger Camp

Roger Camp

Wes Carrington

Ibis Flight

Kelly DuMar

Home

Kelly DuMar

Cursive Feather

Cursive Feather

Kelly DuMar

Lesser Adjutant

Lesser Adjutant

Susan Solomon

Indigenous-Endangered

Indigenous-Endangered

Margot McMahon

Indigenous-Endangered

Indigenous-Endangered

Margot McMahon

Indigenous-Endangered

Indigenous-Endangered

Margot McMahon

Indigenous-Endangered

Indigenous-Endangered

Margot McMahon

John Delaney