MAY 7, birdlore: birds at the beach

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a noble-appearing laughing gull,
isle of Palms, SC

pigeons join in the fun

 

Grackles enjoy the beach scene, too.  

a great blue heron, usually seen in the marsh, struts down a small beach

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TODAY'S POEM (senryu  *) 

 

tricolored herons

flaunt their alluring outfits --

black, white, blue-grey, brown.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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