30 August 2019 (nighthawks)

migrant nighthawks

dozens flitting through

the birding list-serve

22 August 2019 (loons)

afternoon lake

dreaming of the sea

a raft of loons

November 2: Day of the Dead (two versions)

fallen leaves

returning to the air

as sparrows

day of the dead

fallen leaves

flying up as sparrows

Which version do you prefer? 

Yesterday marked the nine-year anniversary of this blog! That’s more than 3,200 haiku, although it hasn’t been until the last 400 or so that I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of it. Sort of. Sometimes.

October 30: Migrating sparrows

the high calls

of migrating sparrows

so far yet to go

October 26: Migration (& bonus guest haiku!)

leaves rustling
with sparrows
fall migration

And a bonus haiku by guest contributor Vicki Henderson (my mom):

sprinkled from the sky
a peppering
of sparrows

October 14: Winter ducks

Our nesting birds, the orioles and ospreys, have migrated south. And ducks that nested up in the Hudson Bay area this summer are also now migrating south, to the coast of Maine, here for the winter.

first frost

winter ducks returning

from up north

October 13: Sparrows

autumn rain

sparrows feeding

in the leaf litter

October 8: Aldermere Farm

calls of geese
landing in the field
among silent cows

September 22: Harvest Moon

harvest moon
distant calls of birds
migrating in the dark

September 2: Lubec Flats

turn of tide
cries of plovers
shifting in the mist

October 17: Vultures

Vultures soaring southward—

how to watch them

and not think of death?