Archive for the 'Haiku' Category

Haiku #25 Pardalotes

Pardalotes peeping
Thier noon-day chorus to the
Assembled forest.

Copyright 2006 Trevor W. Hampel

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Pardalotes are small Australian bush birds. The photo below shows the Spotted Pardalote found nesting in our garden.

Link: Spotted Pardalote Nestingan article from my Birding Blog.

Spotted Pardalote with nesting material in beak

Spotted Pardalote with nesting material in beak

Haiku #24 Magpie

Magpie carolling
Exultingly as the
New dawn breaks.

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Australian Magpie

Australian Magpie

Haiku #23 Grevillea

Grevillea flowers

Grevillea flowers

The Grevillea
Stretches out its spidery
Blossoms fingering the sun.

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Haiku #22 Pied Oystercatchers

Pied oystercatchers
Nose-probe tidal rock pools
Seeking tasty morsels
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Haiku #21 Heron

A still-life study
The heron waits silently

For a spear-thrust meal.

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Copyright 2006 Trevor W. Hampel