Sketchbook  Bird Haiku Thread ~ The Outlaw Poets

 

 

# 01. winter sunbathing a pair of cardinals at the birdfeeder jd, US # 02. first bird a yellow and black something an'ya, US # 03. circling swans black and white solstice   tm, US # 04. five forty AM i purposefully await bird calls at daybreak gillena, TT # 05. first bird call in the quiet of the new year kiskadee gillena, TT # 06. ...and rowdy the roosters' crowing gillena, TT # 07. robins burst from trees fly in synchronicity patterns of circles ag, CA #08. A low-flying swallow with its image in the lake - each catches its fly. Zh. R., US # 09. People quarreling at the pet shop. Two parrots perched in silence. ag, CA # 10. January cold - not even a sparrow at my window jd, US # 11. Pigeons flock to me Tossing day-old crusty bread Thankful for bargains ag, CA # 12. A dead branch falls – all at once a flock of wild geese is just one goose.   Zh. R., US # 13. winter sky gray-blue marked with white a rock dove takes flight   Karina Klesko, US #14. Mockingbird´s song - thoughts drift to my homeland of nightingales.   Zh.R., US # 15. waves of blackbirds  fly past my balcony  from where to where? bk, US # 16. January dawn - on the telephone wire two wrens chanting ro, IL # 17. A heron - you'd think him a statue . . . then a frog Zh. R., US # 18 with a reed - goldfinch bends the sunlight terra martin, CA # 19. Quarter phase of moon visible in the daylight An owl awakens ag, CA # 20. sunrise on the lake - a sea gull skims the surface of it's reflection   Betty Kaplan, US   # 21. who so cruelly cut the pelican's beak? now he cannot eat   Betty Kaplan, US # 22. beyond sunset the long tapering tail of a mourning dove Karina Klesko, US # 23. sleepy hummingbirds ice covered trees jingle a lullabye TS, CA # 24. dropped crate at the airport canaries mingle with rice birds "yellow squabbelors" Shanna, US # 25 stately penguins - stuffed shirts arrive at the ball TS, CA # 26. vesper sparrows the choir at morning mass sing alleluia jd, US # 27. hark! from the meadow the call of a lark jd, US # 28. marbled murrelets fledge in old tree tops - seaside kites TS, CA # 29. Japanese pheasants mating call a morning cacophony shanna, US # 30. white peacock... symbol for good luck spreads her blessings   shanna, US # 31. snowbirds on a beach full of strangers they molt Gerry Bravi, CA # 32. blue heron at dusk figment of imagination or perfect disguise Gerry Bravi, CA # 33. black and white- chicadee gleams in moonbeam   Terra Martin, CA # 34. Dawning - the red-headed woodpecker gives the eaves a voice.   Zh.R., US   # 35. Strong wind – a ruffled red-winged blackbird holds to the pasture fence.  Zh.R., US # 36. a pine tree falls ... the eastern sparrow's song goes on   ro, IL # 37. "kek, kek, kek" circling, circling the falcon   bk, US # 38. Summer meadow - the sun rainbow-paints the grackles.   Zh.R., US # 39. autumn mist... love-birds disappear behind the horizon   Rita Odeh, IL # 40. Woven into the wind-chime tinkle a whippoorwill's call   Zh.R., US # 41. caught daydreaming fish dangle from the bill of a kingfisher TS, CA # 42. the dodo bird - he had his day but not to fly   bk, US # 43. Fuzzy morning - the towhee reminds, "drink your tea.   Zh. R., US # 44. gray jay glides over the empty birdbath - winter morning Vaughn Seward, CA # 45. fluffing up in front of the beauty shop two fat rock pigeons   bk, US # 46. long yellow legs wade- a willets' serenade   Terra Martin, CA # 47. black-necked grebe near the frozen pond - late for supper TS, CA # 48. flamingoes fly at Hialeah Race Track a red sky bk, US # 49. between the riffs of blue and green waters storm petrels gather Karina Klesko, US # 50. Waterfall – in a shady cavity a black swift nests.     Zh. R., US   # 51. standing on one leg amid the white golf balls an egret   bk, US # 52. scarlet ibis stand like statues - lawn ornaments TS, CA # 53. bob-o-links riding the elephant grass having a hay day sbm, US # 54. Squacco Herons water markers wade in Tana River reeds TS, CA # 55. a raven struts on yesterday's water - winter arrives gb, CA # 56. A black-capped chickadee drinks from an azalea leaf - morning fog. Zh. R., US

# 57. white-face Ibis the mime on the street corner mistaken for a statue   Karina Klesko, US # 58. vultures... city workers in the morning hours   shanna, US # 59. Night Heron - do you wear the darkness as a crown?   Karina Klesko, US # 60. pay day the eagle flies tonight   shanna, US # 61. bramlings in a nest into a sleep of darkness - the cold time of year Daniela Bullas, UK # 62. spoonbills hunt the wetlands for frogs French picnic TS, CA # 63.   Nesting time - a house wren punches holes in the finch's eggs.   Zh.R., US # 64. the American flag homesteading in cajun country a little blue heron   Karina Klesko, US # 65. a fierce griffin guards my garden gate morning glory blooms jd, US # 66. Winter cold - the dark-eyed junco is  a fluff ball with a tail.    Zh.R., US # 67. winter cold the Stellars Jay voices his displeasure ts, CA # 68. A bluebird! ...and now a gnat in my mouth Zh. R., US # 69. a thrush flutters in for so colorful a song such drab attire gb, CA # 70. sitting on piles guarding the ocean waves Royal Tern   bk, US # 71. Starling snatches wriggling worm Sunrise ag, CA # 72. Two bluejays fight in the air, kids catch feathers.   Zh. R., US # 73. American Singer caged in its own sad song   shanna, US # 74. Coffee plantation – migratory warblers make a stopover.    Zh. R., US # 75. mute swans by a babbling brook - enigmatic scourge TS, CA # 76. No time for yard work – a brown thrasher, raking my leaves...   Zh. R., US # 77. mardi gras we toss bread crumbs to the masked ducks   Karina Klesko, US # 78. Monterey Bay – cormorants stretch their wings out to dry after swimming.  Zh. R., US # 79. show down a buzzard circles the last outlaw   shanna, US # 80. the albatross disappears against the clouds - winter rainbow TS, CA # 81. A kitten - the catbird's frantic "meow!"    Zh. R., US # 82. empty glass case - the passenger pigeon was here Rich Magahiz, US # 83. Thanksgiving several months away the wild turkey struts    bk, US # 84. a clay colored sparrow among strings of white blossoms evening vespers   Karina Klesko, US   # 85. Late afternoon – the mourning dove’s cooing stirs a spider web.    Zh. R., US #86 west coast weather a Northern Flicker taps out a warning TS, CA   # 87 Early morning - a flycatcher pulls dead bugs from spider webs  Zh. R., US # 88. blue bonnets fill the ecualytus tree - tequila sunrise   Terra Martin, CA # 89. first snow - and here they are, the red-breasted bullfinches.    Zh. R., US # 90. acrobats of the sky purple martins... poor dragonfly Terra Martin, CA # 91. Winter-blooming cherry - a titmouse pecks at the pink blossoms.     Zh.R., US # 92. winter walk - a red-tailed hawk circling Deborah P Kolodji, US # 93. A bush fire – carmine bee-eaters snatching insects in mid-flight.   Zh.R., US # 94. a Bald Eaglet  perches by the nest - the hush of snowfall ts, CA # 95. Street lights turn red – carrion crows place walnuts in front of the cars.    Zh.R., US # 96. drum drum of wings - fan dance of the ruffled grouse tm, CA # 97. Rough sea - the cliff swallows quiet in their nests...  Zh. R., US # 98. winter morning a night heron so still at the water's edge Deborah P Kolodji, US # 99. eaglets being fed fins, scales and tails, entire fish becoming wings and things gerry bravi, CA # 100. a fox sparrow hops from branch to branch - hunters moon waning TS, CA # 101. hooded mergansers dive for crustaceans - TS, CA # 102. A Egyptian vulture, breaking an ostrich egg with an egg-shaped stone.    Zh.R., US # 103. garden disruption an army of guinea fowl in the arboretum dpk, US # 104. fat but nervous one more white hen in the steel barn Rich Magahiz, US # 105. red buoy a pair of brown pelicans skim the water dpk, US #106 a skunkhead scoter dips for mollusks - January rainbow TS, CA   #107 Winter dusk - a great horned owl sends its mating hoots.    Zh.R., US             # 108. within the woods - the woof, woof, woof of a barking owl tm, CA # 109. cemented river - a great egret near beer cans dpk, US # 110 Look at the Great Auks - only eighty one of them are left, all stuffed.    Zh.R., US # 111. Bellbirds surround the feeder morning prayer TS, CA # 112. a streak of red at the break of dawn Anna's humming bird jd, US

Alphabetical Author List

an'ya = an'ya, US: 02
gb = Gerry Bravi, CA: 31, 32, 69, 99
db = Daniela Bullas, UK: 61
gc = Gillena Cox, TT: 04, 05, 06
jd = John Daleiden, US: 01, 10, 26, 27, 65, 112
ag = Andreas Gripp, CA: 07, 09, 11, 19, 71
bk = Betty Kaplan: US: 15, 20, 21, 37, 42, 45, 49, 51, 70, 83
kk = Karina Klesko, US: 13, 22, 47, 57, 59, 64, 77, 84
dpk = Deborah P. Kolodji, US: 93, 98, 103,105, 109
tm = Terra Martin, CA: 03, 18, 33, 46, 88, 90, 96, 108
rm = Rich Magahiz, US: 82, 104
sbm = Shanna Baldwin Moore, US: 24, 29, 30, 53, 60, 73, 79
ro = Rita Odeh: IL: 16, 36, 37, 38, 39
ts = Trish Shields, CA: 23, 25, 28, 41, 47, 52, 54, 62, 67, 75, 80, 86, 94, 100, 101, 106, 111
vs = Vaughn Seward, CA: 44
Zh.R.=Zhanna Rader, US GA: 08, 12, 14, 17, 34, 35, 38, 40, 43, 50, 56, 63, 66, 68, 72, 74, 76,
      78, 81, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 102, 107, 110

16 Poets

Birds Included in the Thread

albatross (80 ts), auks-Great  (Zh.R 110), bellbirds (ts 111), bird calls (gc 04), blackbirds-[red winged] (35Zh.R), blackbirds (15 bk), black swift (50 Zh.R), bluebird (68 Zh.R), bluejay (72 Zh.R.), bob-o-link (sm 53), bramlings (61 db), bullfinches-red-breasted (89 Zh.R), buzzard (79 sm), canaries (24sbm), canary-American Singer  (73 sm), cardinals (01 jd), carmine bee-eaters (93 Zh.R.), catbird (81 Zh.R.), chickadee (33 tm), chickadee-black-capped  (56 Zh.R), cormorants (78 Zh.R.), carrion crows(95 Zh.R.), dodo bird (42 bk), dove (13 kk), dove-mourning (85Zh.R.), ducks-masked (77 kk), eagle (60 sm), eaglet (94 ts), eaglets-bald (99 gb), egret (51 bk), egret-great (109 dpk), eastern sparrow (36 ro), falcon (37 bk), flycatcher (87 Zh.R.), finch ( 63 Zh.R), flamingoes (48 bk), flicker-northern (86 ts), geese (12 Zh.R.), goldfinch (18 tm), goose (12 Zh.R.), grouse-ruffled (96 tm), grackles (38 Zh.R), grebe-black-necked (47 ts), griffin (65 jd), guinea fowl (dpk 103), hawk-red-tailed (92 dk), hen (chicken hen (104 rm), heron (17 Zh.R.), heron-blue (32 gb), heron-little blue (64 kk), heron-night (98 dpk), heron-Squacco (ts54), hummingbirds (23 ts), hummingbirds-Anna's (112 jd), ibis-scarlet (ts 52), ibis-white-face (57 kk), jay-gray (44 vs), jay-stellars (67 ts), junco-dark-eyed (66 Zh.R),

kingfisher (41 ts), kiskadee (gc 05), lark (27 jd), love-birds(39 ro), mergansers-hooded (ts 101), martins-purple (90 tm), mockingbird (14 Zh. R.), mourning dove (22 kk), murrelets (28 ts), nightingales (14 Zh. R.), owl (ag 19), owl-barking (tn 108), owl-great horned (107 Zh.R.),  parrots (ag 09), parrot-blue bonnet (Australia # 88 tm), peacock (30 shb), [storm] petral (kk 50), pelican (21 bk), pelicans-brown (105 dpk), penguins (25 ts), pheasants (29 sbm), pigeons (ag 11), pigeon-passenger (82 rm), raven (gb 55), rock pigeons (45 bk), robins (ag 07), rock dove (13 kk), roosters' (gc 06), sea gull (20bk), skunkhead scoter (106, TS), snow birds (gb 31), sparrow (10 jd), sparrow-fox (100 ts), sparrow-clay colored (84 kk), sparrow-[eastern] (36 ro), sparrow-vesper (26 jd), spoonbills (62 ts), starling (71 ag), swallow (08 Zh. R.), swallows-cliff (97 Zh.R), swans (03 tm), swans-mute (ta 75), tern-royal (70 bk), thrasher-brown (76 Zh.R), thrush (69 gb), titmouse (91 Zh.R), towhee (43 Zh. R.), turkey-wild (83 bk), vultures (58 sm), vulture-Egyptian (102 Zh.R), warblers (74 Zh.R), whippoorwill (40 Zh.R.), willet (46 tm), woodpecker [red headed] (34 Zh.R), wren (16 ro), wren-house (63 Zh.R.), yellow and black (02 an'ya)

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