March 31: Neighbors

March 31, 2014Kristen Lindquist

Crows have discovered

the neighbors' compost bin.

Here, we feed finches.

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tags bird feeder, compost, crow, finch, haiku

March 30: The hawk counter's dreams

March 30, 2014Kristen Lindquist

Even in her sleep

she sees swirling kettles

of vultures overhead.

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tags dream, haiku, hawk watch, vulture

March 29: Hawk Watch

March 29, 2014Kristen Lindquist

Spent several hours on Bradbury Mountain this afternoon at the Spring Hawk Watch there that's sponsored by my friends at Freeport Wild Bird Supply. The air felt postively springlike for a while; teens were showing up at the summit in shorts and tank tops. Several eagles, red-tails, vultures, and other raptors cruised overhead, along with other migrants--robins, Great Blue Herons, and geese. Before I realized, several hours had passed.

Distracted by hawks,

I forget for awhile

the lingering chill.

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tags cold, haiku, hawk watch, hawks, spring

March 28: Spring Snowy Owl

March 28, 2014Kristen Lindquist

Birded Scarborough Marsh this morning. Despite the remnants of snow and a lingering chill, spring waterfowl--geese and ducks--are returning at last, courting and displaying on the rising waters of the spring marsh. And yet, two Snowy Owls linger during this season on the cusp...

Ducks return to the marsh.

And yet, Arctic owls linger

in melting snow.

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tags duck, goose, haiku, migration, snowy owl, spring

March 26: Big wind

March 26, 2014Kristen Lindquist

Just a dusting of snow here in Penobscot Bay. East and inland from here they're getting serious snow today, which I'm happy to miss. But bone-chilling, gale-force gusts have certainly livened the day, transforming the air into a dynamic, roaring creature intent on eating us whole.

We freeze in our tracks--
March's untamed lion roars,
flings itself at us.