Archive for the ‘Birders’ Tag
Sandhill Cranes Over Whitewater Draw — Image by kenne
After leaving at sunrise
to feed in the nearby fields
hundreds of cranes return
at mid-day, squawking in a
cacophony heard miles around.
It’s sunny with a few passing
clouds drifting overhead
in the distance
mountains rise above
the farm and ranch lands.
These big birds prefer
the shallow waters of the draw
where they stand protected
from predators who prefer
to stay out of the water.
Geese, ducks and other
waterfowl can be found
wintering here in southeast
Arizona attracting birders
with scopes and cameras.
I don’t see myself as a birder,
birders are strange
counting and taking notes
to be placed on eBird,
me, I just take photos.
Occasionally we make small talk
going through our social necessities
thinking about it or not thinking about it
walking freely on by not holding to the
moment so as not to remember.
— kenne
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Cedar Waxwing — Photo-Artistry by kenne
they come every spring
flights of these impressive birds
attracting birders
— kenne
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Serious Birders (Tubac, Arizona — March 2018) — Image by kenne
Scopes and cameras
Black hawks on the horizon
Serious birders.
— kenne
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“Flight” by kenne
A true conservationist
is a man who knows
that the world is not
given by his fathers, but
borrowed from his children.
— John James Audubon
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Birders on Mt. Lemmon (High Pass Filter) — Image by kenne
“The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds — how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives — and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!”
–John Burroughs
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Northern Mockingbird or is it a Curve-billed Thrasher? — Grunge Art by kenne
You will find a lot of birds
and bird watchers in Sabino canyon.
Some observed recently:
Cooper’s hawk
mourning dove
greater roadrunner
Anna’s hummingbird
gila woodpecker
American kestrel
Cassin’s vireo
common raven
verdin
rock wren
canyon wren
house wren
cactus wren
black-tailed gnatcatcher
ruby-crowned kinglet
western bluebird
hermit thrush
curve-billed thrasher
northern mockingbird
phainopepla
orange-crowned warbler
black-throated wray warbler
black-throated sparrow
Abert’s towhee
western tanager
northern cardinal
house finch
I’m not a birder
but I can see
and hear
the birds around me.
I depend on
the knowledge
and discipline
of others
to identify
what I see and hear.
sometimes I identify
birds in my photographies
sometimes I’m wrong —
save a bird,
photograph them.
— kenne
(Bird list source: Jean Hengesbaugh)
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