Cedar Waxwings Arrive Without Announcement — Image by kenne
Soft crests,
yellow-tipped tails—
a small northern fire.
We host them briefly.
The desert offers fruit,
water,
a resting branch.
Hospitality is an old law.
— kenne
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They Arrive Without Announcement 2 comments
Sharing Berries 6 comments
Cedar Waxwings Sharing Berries — Image by kenne
They pass a berry
beak to beak, politely,
as if time allows this.
— kenne
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Two Cedar Waxwings 1 comment
Two Cedar Waxwings Resting in A Mesquite — Image by kenne
Two cedar waxwings
sit close on the bare mesquite,
their small bodies sharing the cold.
I watch, and learn again
how companionship survives the season.
— kenne
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Two Cedar Waxwings In The Canyon 2 comments
Two Cedar Waxwings In The Canyon — Image by kenne
Waxwings in Sabino Canyon
Out of the dry wash—
stone upon stone,
echo of waters parted—
two cedar waxwings perch,
silent ministers
in a wilderness of thorns.
Early spring—
season of beginnings
already half-broken,
waiting for breath.
They do not touch.
The pause is their covenant.
And the canyon
is witness.
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Cedar Waxwings 3 comments
Cedar Waxwings — Image by kenne
I can see them spacing
to find room, looking
so much alike it’s nearly
impossible to count them.
— kenne
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Cedar Waxwings Sharing Food In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Plenty of berries
Here in Sabino Canyon
For migrating birds.
— kenne
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A Flight Of Small Cheeping Birds 1 comment
Cedar Waxwings — Photo-Artistry by kenne
To Waken An Old Lady
a flight of small
cheeping birds
skimming
bare trees
above a snow glaze.
Gaining and failing
they are buffeted
by a dark wind—
But what?
On harsh weedstalks
the flock has rested—
the snow
is covered with broken
seed husks
and the wind tempered
with a shrill
piping of plenty.
— William Carlos Williams
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Cedar Waxwing In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Cedar waxwings here
Wintering in the canyon
Plenty of bird food.
— kenne
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Morning Social In The Canyon 2 comments
Cedar Waxwing Computer Painting my kenne
This group of very social Cedar Waxwings were photographed yesterday morning (February 24, 2015) in lower Sabino Canyon after an early morning rain. Click on any of the gallery images to see a larger view in a slideshow format.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Cedar Waxwing 1 comment
Cedar Waxwings In Sabino Canyon (February 18, 2015) Image by kenne
