Nature Haiku

[beautress]

friendly mountain bird
found looking down from fencepole
Mountain Bluebirds rock

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[beautress]

summer tanagers
beautiful birds of summer
precious eye candy




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[beautress]

what bird is singing?
woodpecker or cardinal?
can we ever know?
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in this video
red-headed woodpecker sings
just so you will smile
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[beautress]

cardinals singing
may not sound like flying high
when at the feeder
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[beautress]

four different calls
of the Northern Cardinal
for four occasions

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[beautress]

can you guess the calls
of only twenty species,
ornithologists?
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[beautress]

Maryland's state bird,
Baltimore Oriole sings
with a golden glint

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[beautress]

bard of many songs
flies high and seldom show fear;
Northern Monkingbird

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[beautress]

bird identity
can take a lifetime to know
which bird sings what song



Save for when you have 2 hours to kill in a relaxing way... ​

 

[beautress]

The study of birds, as you may know is Ornithology. Here are some favorite links:

Cornell Bird Lab, "Merlin" bird identity (what's the bird?): you tube birdsong identification:

Merlin is designed to be a birding coach for bird watchers at every level. Merlin asks you the same questions that an expert birder would ask to help solve a mystery bird sighting. Notice that date and location are Merlin’s first and most important questions. It takes years of experience in the field to know what species are expected at a given location and date. Merlin shares this knowledge with you based on more than 800 million sightings submitted to eBird from birders around the world.​

Audubon Society (environment for birds, loving birds, listening to birds, identifying birds by color, size, noises, songs, calls....etc.)

Identifying Birds

www.audubon.org

Too complex to start with 800 North American birds? 'kayyy --------- Start with this page: Get to Know These 20 Common Birds​

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I fell in love with Audubon bird calanders and stuff over 10 years ago. You can't beat the 365 pictures you will get when you get the bird calendar every year is different...​

And I'm not a salesman, but anything you get from their store goes to saving and teaching birds... Marketplace​

I save the calendars. They're big, beautiful, informative, absolutely enlightening, okay, okay.. enough. Just go look! ​

My fave below:​

 

[beautress]

Indian Ocean
brings mankind true eye candy
in banded pipefish

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[beautress]

freshwater pipefish
Africa, Indonesia
many locations

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[beautress]

colorful seahorse
frequent visitor close to shore
charming carnivore

Seahorse - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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pipefish relative
giving birth job for a male
with two thousand colts
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named "hippocamus"
"horse caterpillar" science
50 meals a day

More here: Seahorse Facts | The Seahorse Trust

Unravelling The Seahorse - Underwater360

Seahorses are an elusive species that turn divers giddy with excitement. But what is it about them that fascinates people so much? It’s not a horse of course Seahorses are unusual little marine creatures that belong to the fish family …

www.uw360.asia

 

[beautress]

other relatives
family "Syngnathidae"
multiple life forms

the male's existence
dwells for life: one square meter
seahorse homebodies



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[beautress]

leafy sea dragons
capture imaginations
in the seven seas

weedy sea dragons
even more cousins than known
Great Barrier Reef

Weedy Sea Dragon

One of the popular species of seahorses is the Weedy Sea Dragon. It can blend in very well to the surroundings.

www.seahorseworlds.com

Great oceanographer here: Seahorses and Pipefish – Blane Perun's TheSea.​

 

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unbelievable
undersea phenomenae
the butterfly fish

Top 27 World's Most Beautiful Fish For Your Large Aquarium

If you’re thinking about starting an aquarium habitat in your home, you may have found yourself overwhelmed by the sheer volume of choices when it comes to choosing inhabitants for your tank. Click here and consider these 27 Most Beautiful Fish for your large aquarium

iere.org

 

[Ropey]

Scatter on layer
by layer, with eight-layers
of cherry blossoms