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

Hiss

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birds, haiku, migration, nature, poetry, starlings, winter

thousands of starlings
the hiss of their frantic flight
home for the Winter

Shivers

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birdsong, cold, haiku, harmony, poem, poetry, seasons, starlings, sunshine, weather, winter

Birdsong in sunshine

Starlings’ disjointed whistles

East wind brings shivers

Batty starlings

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ash tree, bats, birds, starlings

It’s happening again, repeat from Oct, 2012

The ash tree, already bare of its leaves, is now occupied by a flock of newly arrived starlings. Against the white sky they look like a couple of hundred bats doing synchronised handstands.

roar!

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birds, haiku, migration, ornithology, poetry, starlings

wave upon wild wave
starlings return from the North
a roar overhead

Dusk

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birds, dusk, evening, haiku, murmuration, nature, starlings, wildlife

Another grey dusk

The air fills with coffee grouts

Starlings heading home

 

starling sunset

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dusk, haiku, murmurations, seasons, starlings, sunset, wildlife, winter

 

exquisite sunset
dipping behind the mountain
thousands of starlings

arrivals

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birds, haiku, oak, ornithology, starlings, winter

A rush of dark wings
First flock of winter starlings
sweeps into the oak

cold comfort

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birds, blackthorn, comfort, haiku, seasons, starlings, weather, winter

vague, hunched shapes gather
birds huddle in a blackthorn
feather capes drawn close

flight

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birds, haiku, migration, nature, seasons, spring, starlings, tundra, weather, wildlife

Spring edges closer
Pink blue skies filled with starlings
Northern tundra calls