by Emily
Okay, this isn't really about an update about the backyard. The Backyard Updates are just going to be about birds. What you are about to read is not about the backyard. It's actually a poem that I really liked. The photos are also by her. Here it is:
Birding is Fun Wherever You Are
by Kathie Brown
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| Acorn Woodpecker Madera Canyon 2010 |
Birds are around, in the sky, in the air
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| Common Terns Chatham, MA 2011 |
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| Turkey Vulture Tucson, AZ 2010 |
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| Bullock's Oriole Coolidge, AZ 2008 |
With birds on the ground there are birds everywhere.
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| Mute Swan Baker's Meadow Andover, MA 2011 |
Birds in the water,
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| Harris Hawk Vail, AZ 2009 |
birds in the trees,
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| Chipping Sparrow, Concord, MA 2011 |
You can see birds wherever you please!
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| Geese at Owen Bell Park, Killingly, CT 2011 |
There are birds at the pond,
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| Semi-palmated Plover, Revere Beach, MA 2011 |
and birds at birds at the beach,
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| Gila Woodpeckers in my backyard, Corona de Tucson, AZ 2008 |
Birds in your yard,
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| Backyard Bird feeders in Connecticut 2012 |
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| Scott's Oriole, Corona de Tucson, AZ 2008 |
and birds out of reach,
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| Great Black-backed Gull, Target Parking lot, Salem, NH 2011 |
But sometimes the birds are off at the mall,
And sometimes you only know birds from their calls!
And sometimes you only know birds from their calls!
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| Eastern Bluebird in Park, Andover, MA 2011 |
They are down by the river, or off at the park,
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| Mourning Dove on nest, Tucson, AZ 2008 |
Nesting in bushes,
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| Wood Creeper at Hammonassett S.P., CT 2011 |
or climbing up bark!
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| Pileated woodpecker, Farmington, ME 2011 |
Birds are nature come close-up to meet,
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| Brown Pelican at Lakeside Park in Tucson 2009 |
With feathers and beaks and funny bird feet!
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| Coot Toes 2009 Tucson, AZ |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch at window feeder 2012 MA |
So look out your window of your house or car,
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| Black-throated Sparrow, Corona de Tucson, AZ 2008 |
‘cause Birding is Fun wherever you are!
~Kathie Adams Brown (May 3, 2012)
From Birdingisfun.com.
I made a printer-friendly copy for you too. Print and hang it up somewhere to enjoy.
Here's another poem I really liked too.
Pretty Hummingbird
by Ron Tranmer
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| Anna's Hummingbird |
Pretty little hummingbird,
You're never far from view,
Outside my kitchen window,
Sipping what I made you.
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| Rufous Hummingbird |
Your little wings go so fast,
That they are but a blur.
God made your little needle beak
To reach a flower's nectar.
You chase away your cousins
Who come to join you there.
There's lots of room for others,
But you don't like to share.
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| Calliope's Hummingbird |
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| Ruby-Throated Hummingbird |
So they wait for you to fly away,
While in a nearby tree,
And one by one they take a turn
After waiting patiently.
Pretty little hummingbird,
You're never far from view.
How much fun you bring me,
I'll continue feeding you.
Here's a document for you.
