Category Archives: Birds

Mystery Bird

Posted on September 26, 2017 by

A whirring tumble of notes; a small dark bird I cannot identify— no name where the song might hang. There is only sound. This morning arpeggio startles me. I find the singer on a high wire beak open, breath inflating … Continue reading →

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Haiku: Fitting Flit

Posted on January 12, 2017 by

I think the word flit was invented by someone watching chickadees.

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Haiku–Cawing Me Out

Posted on June 15, 2015 by

Two crows with a nest tell me they’ll peck my eyes out if I don’t move on. I say it’s okay and try to talk back to them. They do not listen. It’s not until I start laughing that they … Continue reading →

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Haiku–Community

Posted on April 23, 2015 by

I lean, very still. A young Junco, unaware, hops across my foot. Community is all of us, hearts in concert, living together. (dark-eyed junco: pacificnorthwestbirds.com; junco feeding cowbird: coastodian.org)

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Haiku–The Full Robin

Posted on April 8, 2015 by

Impossibly fat, Robin waves her tail at me. Full of eggs, methinks. (robin: wallpaperest.com; eggs: flickr.com)

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Haiku–Punk Bird

Posted on March 18, 2015 by

Steller’s jay squawking: the bird with a punk haircut lets me know he’s there.   (top: en.wikipedia.org; bottom: blogs.evergreen.edu)

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Haiku–Robin Greeting

Posted on March 12, 2015 by

Robin’s good morning greets the sky’s earliest light; darkness ebbs to grey.   (left: iacmusic.com; right: imgarcade.com)  

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Haiku–Bird Morning

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

Screet, screet, dut-dut-dut; yoodle oot, yoodle oot, oot; the birds awaken.   (top: youtube.com; bottom: wildernessdweller.ca)

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Haiku–Loosely, In the Sky with Diamonds

Posted on January 24, 2015 by

The sun lights the birds: tight formation diamonds; Loosely, in the sky. (lovely bushtit: cindymcIntyre.wordpress.com)

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Shadow Crown

Posted on November 3, 2014 by

My shadow has a corona and baffles me with its otherworldly glow crowning the absence of light. How can this be? The world has rules. Obviously, I do not know them all. The light wavers around the silhouette of my … Continue reading →

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