Sunflowers

One of the things I love about late summer ... Sunflowers!

My Wing Haiku

One of the people I follow on Twitter is the editor for Wild Bird Magazine. Every once in a while she Tweets a contest to write a poem and today she had a Haiku contest. You had to use the word “wing” in the Haiku so I wrote this:

Tree Swallows staging. Flocks are ready to migrate.

On the wing they'll be.

I won and received this prize:

A Few Vacation Birds and Flowers

While on our annual birding vacation with friends in northwestern Maine, I photographed a few cooperative birds - and flowers.

This Merlin flew in and landed atop of a spruce tree while we were looking for warblers below (I think he was looking for warblers too)!

A very cooperative Gray Jay stayed with us for several minutes and took food (gorp) from our hands!

These Tree Swallows perched on a wire next to a busy roadway. 

This Ruby-throated Hummingbird made frequent visits to the feeder at our cabin.

White Daisies …

… with morning dew.