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Saturday, 4 February 2012

bird haiku

glowing gold -
the hovering kestrel
mobbed by jackdaws

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black branches
criss-crossing the cloudy sky
goldfinches

20 comments:

  1. Two excellent haiku and that extra contrast by putting the two together.

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  2. Anonymous6:25 pm

    They do work very well together. You must have enough bird haiku to put together a book?

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  3. What an eye you have, J.

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  4. Jackdaws attacking a kestrel=crows attacking a sparrow hawk. Birds, like people, are pretty much the same everywhere.

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  5. Lovely images. :)

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  6. Nice pivot in the second one, and I love "mobbed" in the first.

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  7. Beautiful images, clear and sharp. You capture pictures and moments in those pictures in ways that show them to us, fresh and new. Thanks for this.

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  8. Lovely haiku! I can picture this clearly.

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  9. Nice to read some bird haikus again! I can see it! I can see it!

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  10. Bird behavior is so fascinating. You've really captured it, especially in the first one.

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  11. lovely snapshots of time caught in a ku.

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  12. 'Tis a time for birds ...

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  13. Birds are easy to watch and then the words to match their activities, great partnership here. Two beautiful birds.

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  14. Makes me long for spring--or at least an invasion of goldfinches against the snow.

    Wouldn't I like going for a birding walk with you!

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  15. Makes me long for spring--or at least an invasion of goldfinches against the snow.

    Wouldn't I like going for a birding walk with you! (Word verification is "fareto"--fare to! Would that I could.

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  16. pretty images, clearly cut.

    I once did see a sparrow attacked by a bunch of larger birds-- I scared off, the sparrow recovered and flew away, and I wrote a song about it.

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  17. I love the contrast (in each case) of the gold and the black.

    Great haiku and great juxtaposition, Juliet. I imagine it must be very cold 'up north'!

    Our 'black' here has been what I would have called a 'fleet' but am reliably informed is actually a 'flight' of Cormorants. Still waiting for the GOLD! But lots of white snow ...

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  18. Very nice...I had to google Jackdaw, reminds me of our blackbirds.

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  19. Christina - I forgot to put the links in! Sorry, I've added them now!

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  20. black branches
    criss-crossing the cloudy sky
    goldfinches

    This haiku reminded me of Bill's memorable one:

    the difference
    a sparrow makes –
    bare branches

    Whether it is a sparrow or a goldfinches, such lovely creatures make a difference.
    Enjoyed reading your haiku and looking at the lovely photos.

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