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November 18, 2009, 9:09 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: beaver lodge, birds, Freeville, geese, haiku, mallards, swamp

Swamp walk this morning –
geese and mallards congregate
past the beaver’s lodge.

November 9, 2009, 9:10 am
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: birds, ducks, Freeville, geese, haiku, sunrise, swamp, walk

Early morning walk
takes me to the nearby swamp –
sunrise, ducks, and geese.

sunrise on the swamp

July 20, 2009, 9:19 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: birds, haiku, purple finch, skedaddle

Two purple finches
fly onto the porch, see me,
then skedaddle off.

June 22, 2009, 11:22 am
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: birds, haiku, Jackson Heights, new york city

Air conditioner
shelters a mourning dove as
it calls out to friends

June 15, 2009, 9:02 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: birds, haiku, hawks, mourning doves

Two mourning dove race
through the locust tree out front –
is a hawk nearby?

June 11, 2009, 8:46 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: birds, haiku, robin

Robin — worm in beak –
scans, looking for the fledgling –
I hope it’s okay.

June 7, 2009, 8:53 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: birds, fledgling, haiku, robin

Young robin — speckled,
insistent — follows robin
mom like a shadow.

June 5, 2009, 1:28 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: birds, haiku, robin

Mother robin chirped
and fed the fledgling on the
sidewalk near the road.

Heard a wood thrush sing
(or was it a hermit thrush?)
on this morning’s walk.

May 28, 2009, 10:42 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: bald eagles, birds, Erie Canal, haiku

Saw eight bald eagles
in a four mile stretch on the
great Erie Canal.

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