Tagged: birdwatching
every september, our
every september, our
backyard becomes
an olympic
gymnasium, with dad
as the umpire, overseeing
guest and resident
hummingbirds
as they whip the air
to compete for the last
of the nectar, filling
up for the long
migration south
.
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even the birds in
even the birds in
the backyard subscribe to some
sort of chaos – to
migrate or not to migrate,
when the feeder is so full
.
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having finally
having finally
reached an agreement, the brown
thrasher takes turns with
the lone robin to hold our
overlapping territories
.
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the robin in our
the robin in our
yard is anti-social – having
marked our home as his
home, he defends our land all
day, atop his dogwood perch
.
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in the backyard,
in the backyard,
the hummingbirds
are exhibiting
territorial
behavior over the last
day of August,
charging at one
another into dusk
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: territorial
after a summer
after a summer
storm, the birds in the backyard
fan out, feathers spread,
wings held out for a well-timed
sunbath, no towels needed
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: sunbath
in the backyard, a
in the backyard, a
cardinal pauses on
the branches of
our dogwood –
are we sharing
it with him, or
is he sharing it
with us?
.
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on Christmas morning
on Christmas morning
Dad gathered us by
the kitchen window –
the backyard was dotted
with paintbrush red
cardinals, over half
a dozen males in their
most social season.
their mesmerizing
chubby cheeks stored
many songs as
we waited
to hear just one
.
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