Warble

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birds, blackbird, garden, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry

common blackbird (Turdus merula)

garden visitor
his voice a golden warble
beautiful blackbird

submerged

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birds, garden, haiku, migration, nature, ornithology, poetry, starlings

fresh in from the north
thousands, thousands of starlings
bird feeders submerged

Caught!

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birds, blackbirds, gooseberries, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem

There, I rest my case,
a fledgling caught in the act
could be a jailbird!

(Poor image, taken through window)

Better

y fwyalchen

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birds, blackbirds, fwyalchen, haiku, honey, melys, nature, ornithology, peace, poetry, silence, song, wales, Welsh

On a Welsh language haiku

can y fwyalchen
melys fel y mel cyntaf
yna, tawelwch

the blackbird’s song
sweet as the first honey
then, silence

Brood

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birds, blackbird, brood, haiku, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry

birdsong scarce today
blackbird has a hungry brood
her beak full of worms

Hush

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bats, birds, garden, haiku, nature, ornithology, owls, poem, poetry, weather, wildlife

Between night and day

That moment, that soft, hushed breath

Owls, bats and bright stars

Return

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birds, haiku, nature, ornithology, osprey, poem, poetry, raptors, seasons, trout, wildlife

On seeing a wondrous visitor

from west Africa
ospreys return for Summer
trout are not impressed

Dancers

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birds, blackbirds, dance, dew, haiku, morning, nature, ornithology, poem, poetry, weather

hop, skip and a jump
blackbirds dance in morning’s dew
brightest orange beaks

Wingtips 2

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birds, dance, haiku, nature, ornithology, passion, passionate, poetry, red kites, sky, tango, waltze, wildlife

On more kite watching

Kites still sky dancing
More a tango than a waltz
red bronze feathers flare

Pop!

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birds, ducks, haiku, nature, ornithology, pochard, poetry, weather

lake calm as mirror
not a breath, tranquility
up pops a pochard