Birding Poems

A Fly and a Bird

...I saw a buzzing, birding fly go by.
It spied a puzzling, flying bird up high. 
When it said, "that's a flycatcher, I think",
that bird caught lunch - a fly and a drink....

Kentucky Woodpeckers

...when out birding, woodpeckers are one of my favorite finds
in Kentucky, where i live there are seven different kinds

the smallest is the Downy and they seem to like my suet feeders best
I always...

Two Bumps on Logs

...A seagull and anhinga sit
On logs next to the pier,
Perhaps preparing for a meal,
For fish are likely here.

They do a little grooming, but
They mostly seem to sit,
Though the anhinga opens up...

Starling Murmuration

...Twisting, turning, swooping, SWIRLING
Starlings just before dusk
Forms  patterned cloud ILLUSION
Coming together as single

Thousand minds as one
Act in an instant
Who trains them all?
Who le...

Siblings

...Today I will see my brother,
for he is not like any other.

Food and tarot cards are his pleasures,
comic books and poetry remain his treasures.

Birding and fishing we do for fun,
walking is ...

The Twisting Tale of An Avian Apparition

..."The discrepancies are many, the dalliances are few,
both pitched against one dynamic, lifelong achievement"

Poking through the woods of the Mill Grove Audubon Estate,
suddenly came upon an ivy-...

Melodious Sunset From My Balcony

...Birds have started chirping
Sun is just about to set
Squirrel is squeaking as it scampers on branches of flame tree
Bees are buzzing
Crows can be heard saying caw, caw
Eagle flies with a scr...

One Minute Birding

...Spare a minute
to know about
those perky creatures
and their special features

Lifers, twitcher, tertial and lores
are nothing but the birding terms
Introduce, birding to the children,
As tha...

Birding

...A birder in search of a bird
Just slipped on a buffalo turd
Sharp as a tack
Flat on his back
He learned not to follow the herd!...

Haiku - Wonders of Nature and 2 Senryu

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HAIKU & TWO SENRYU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


white sky... low the clouds
winter... stuck in a drift again
spring... where are you...
~~~
the bobbin dipper flies
below our secret rivers
...

We Were Once Beautiful

...It had indeed promised to be a fruitful journey
For we had being brought together by a blue ferry
I had known the birding would be huge but it I will carry
So beautiful it was as we had set off to...

Birding By Ear

...The poem requires a mind
that finds meaning, even divination, 
in language. Non-fiction, 
up to academic standards, demands
evidence. Nothing less will do.
Most of us read fiction and this
need...

Wall Street

...Set upon the new world stage within the burning fires of hell. Silently posed factions of the elite, suppress the true inherit of Mother Earth. The meek children bending over for millennium, taken sp...

A Moment In Birding

...A warbler flits just out of sight
High up in the trees
His vocal song comes raining down
But still I cannot see

He gives me but the shortest glimpse
Behind the curtained leaves
Whilst singing here a...

We Are Two

...We are two…..

                             your hands
                             two nervous birds
                             nesting in mine 

                             my chest
     ...

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