leaves flurry
from the turning trees
winter thrushes
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a buzzard
swoops over the river -
markings fieldguide clear
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a pheasant
in a stubbled field -
a swirl of beech leaves
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high speed birdwatching
.............was that a peregrine?
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You can read about other views from my recent train journeys here and on a handful of stones here.
juliet, i love the idea of high-speed birdwatching. but i need to do my homework first though, i can only identify very few birds. :)
ReplyDeletep.s. i really enjoyed the bird sounds! thanks for posting the links.
Yeah, so do I. Maybe it was a pelegrine.
ReplyDelete"Leaves flurry" - what an image Juliet - the wordplay really enforces the idea of winter around the corner.
ReplyDeleteAnd "high speed birdwatching" - what a neat turn of words!
Really like the high speed birdwatching - the peregrine swooped for me :)
ReplyDeleteI love to travel by train on a side seat...watching whatever that pass by...very much fun there!
ReplyDeletei am here for the first time?? or perhaps very long back..i get to our Forty shades blog :-)
will be regular here too...
wishes!
devika
I like "fieldguide clear" and also the whole ideaof birdwatching from the train.
ReplyDeleteEverything else is high speed, why not birdwatching? Fantastic. Your buzzards seem different that ours, ours seem to be carrion oriented, feasting on unfortunate desert travelers......
ReplyDeleteEspecially enjoyed the pheasant haiku - their colours really are like rich autumnal leaves
ReplyDeletethese are just wonderful ... an impressive sequence
ReplyDeleteYou can really get the feeling of speed from your words...it is great!
ReplyDeletelove these! I recently went birdwatching and saw my phirst phaesant! Lovely thing! I also saw two great horned owls and one barn owl. AMAZING!vulch
ReplyDeleteI see birds, but most of the time I don't know their correct names.. I'm learning from you :D
ReplyDeleteOh, these are absolutely beautiful!! My favorite is the pheasant in the beech leaves. What an astounding image. I also love the beauty of the buzzard here, as too often, they are identified with "ugliness" or death. What a gorgeous twist. The winter thrushes are awesome, too. Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteGreat haikus! I wish we could travel on trains where I live...
ReplyDeleteI really like the first one - there is something clever about the way the word 'thrushes' almost sounds like the noise the leaves might make.
ReplyDeletewonderful buzzard! And like so many others, I love the high-speed birdwatching idea.
ReplyDelete"fieldguide clear"
ReplyDeleteThat is exquisite!
I see beautiful images in your words. I too love birds! Roxanne
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