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| Courtesy of Pixabay |
On a spring day enjoying a concert of birds
listening to the soft coo-coo of Mourning Doves
the tap tap tap tap of a Downy Woodpecker
a duet between Song and House Sparrows
flashing in sunlight an American goldfinch
nesting in the cattails Red-winged blackbirds
listening to the raspy notes of European Starlings
singing its repertoire of songs a Northern Mockingbird
rejoicing in the melody of a warm spring day
linking with dVerse Poets Pub - Hosted by Bjorn
writing poetry from a list
author's note: I use the Cornell University Merlin App to identify bird sounds. The birds included in my list poem are the birds I recorded yesterday.
Thank you for reading
It's great to be able to have those sounds familiar to you. It takes a lifetime to to know them otherwise. Wonderful write, True, love it!
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Hi Hank, So nice to see you here. I love my walks and listening to all the birds. It is always a great surprise when a rare call is picked up.
DeleteWhat a lovely day that would be!
ReplyDeleteI take a walk everyday and it brings a sense of calmness being out in nature.
DeleteI love all those images, and I use the same app to identify the birds... I also use an app to identify flowers...here the bird song I hear the most would be the european black-bird....
ReplyDeleteBjorn the app is a great tool to help identify birds that I am not familiar with in the area. The ones that are here most of the time I know without the app. It's fun to come across a rare sighting.
DeleteWhat a wonderful concert that must have been! Those bird apps are amazing! How awesome to see and hear so many varieties. I read that 50% of birds have been lost, a very sad result of climate change and over population.
ReplyDeleteYes, the app is great. It is sad that there is a dwindling bird population. sigh
DeleteWe have that app! It is very helpful.
ReplyDeleteYou captured each bird very well.
Thanks Alex - the app is great for all the bird lovers out there.
DeleteLove your poem True ... birdsong in the early morning my favorite way to awaken.
ReplyDeleteMe too - always a pleasure to listen to bird songs.
DeleteI love free concerts in the park! 🙂 This poem has an undisguised joy to it, True, so lovely to read.
ReplyDeleteWhat a joyful post and the wonder and appreciation of the world outside - Jae
ReplyDeleteA very personal list. It brought a smile to my face, a pleasure to read.
ReplyDeleteWe have some really annoying bird song in the early mornings here. They truly are an alarm clock for us (or more for our cats, who then wake us!). Nicely written Truedessa 👏
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading your poem, I thought, it sounds like the list on my app (along with robins and cardinals). 😊 I love listening to the birds, especially this time of year!
ReplyDeleteI love the birdsongs in Spring.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful list! Nothing like birdsong.
ReplyDeleteGreat list. A think bird calls would make interesting poetry if we knew what they were saying. 😁
ReplyDeleteWhat a rhaphsody of melody, Tru! I was truly transported.
ReplyDeleteThis one makes me smile. I can almost hear them:)
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