It’s Poetry Friday and I’m happy to be hosting today. Please add your link at the end of the post.
This past Christmas, one of my presents was a bird feeder with a camera feed. We finally got around to installing it last week and it’s provided tons of bird watching fun. My first visitor was a tufted titmouse I named Captain. He was soon joined by a pair of bluebirds (Fred and Ginger), Redboy and Queenie (cardinals), chickadees, cowbirds, sparrows, and a host of finches. I name many of my birds, especially the ones I know make daily visits. Eventually I had to turn off the notifications because it got too distracting, but everything is recorded so I can see who visited.
I wasn’t able to embed any of the videos here, but I found a poem (a double ehtheree) about bird visitors I wrote a while back.
I’m expecting that Fred and Ginger will soon be starting a family. Here’s a poem for them.
The birds remind me that even though temperatures are chilly, spring is here. Please click below and add your link. I’m looking forward to reading all the poetry goodness! Thanks for stopping by and for your supportive comments each week.
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Love watching birds. How cool that your feeder has a camera feed! Didn’t know there was such a thing. Thanks for the poems (bluebirds are my fave). I like that you name your feathered friends too. Thanks for hosting this week! Happy Spring!
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The birdfeeder cam is amazing! Bluebirds are my favorites, too.
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I’m having trouble accessing your post, Jama. It may be on my end, but you might want to check the link just in case.
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Love all the signs of Spring you’ve gathered in your post Rose, the poems especially make me smile! You’ll have to keep us posted if any chicks appear… And what fun to have that camera, and all the birds–Enjoy! Thanks for hosting us this week.
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Thanks, Michelle. I hope the bluebirds don’t get bullied by the house sparrows which sometimes happens.
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Your poems make me smile, thinking of spring – especially since we have up to a foot of snow in the forecast for Sat.! (It was 67 and sunny just 5 days ago, ha!) Thanks for hosting , Rose!
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Wow! At least a spring snow won’t (or shouldn’t) stick around long.
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Oh I love both of these poems and the fact you have a feeder with a camera. Like you, I’d have to turn off notifications, or I’d be watching all day. Thanks for hosting today.
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Thanks, Sally.
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Some comitted bird observations taking place, Rose. Loved the birds and their distinctive names. Your poems do them a significant honour. Love the double etheree. Your garden is clearly a place birds feel safe to visit.
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Thanks, Alan.
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Fun that you are keeping up with your birds so well! I hope Fred and Ginger have a successful nest! My mom once pulled a snake out of a bluebird house. She just grabbed and yanked…I’m not sure I would have the nerve! Thanks for hosting!
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Oh, I hope I never encounter a snake!
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Love, love, love the bluebird poem. They are some of my favorites! Thank you for hosting the roundup today, too.
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Thanks, Susan. Bluebirds are my favorites, too.
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Oh, that bluebird poem is PRECIOUS! Thanks for sharing your birdwatching adventures and thanks for hosting this week, Rose. We have a pair of bluebirds, too – last year their activity stopped early (might have been a situation such as Tabatha described), but I’m hoping this year they might succeed.
I loved watching birds at the feeder in Beaufort. Here in the mountains, the neighbors’ feeders frequently get raided by bears, so we haven’t continued the tradition. We need to make sure we have some bird-friendly plantings around!
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I’ve lost bluebirds to raids. Not from snakes, but house sparrows who can be bullies. Good luck with yours.
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I love that you have a camera feed, Rose. A person on twitter has one & is often posting his pictures, also adding some names just as you share. And I love the poems, each step you wrote about, then the clever one about bluebirds, “Cheep, cheep, cheep! Thanks for hosting!
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Thanks, Linda!
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Rose, I LOVE that you name your bird visitors! Both of your poems made me smile – especially ending on the cheep, cheep, cheep. : ) Thank you for hosting this week!
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Thank you, Tracey.
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Rose, how fun! Sweet early spring birds! So much hope and growth shown here in your post. I love the 1-2-3-4-5 blue bird family poem. So sweet!
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Thanks, Denise.
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I love this! I started truly paying attention to the birds when I had to work from home in 2020. I hope that this new camera/feeder will inspire even more bird poems. These are both great! Thanks for hosting today!
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Thanks, Marcie. The birds are great inspiration.
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WOW! My neighbor has sent me some pics from her birdcam. It’s so fun to see them. The sharpness of the pics is fantastic. I love how your new toy sparked such brilliant poems. Well, done. Thanks for hosting this week. I am pooped…but get a week to rest and catch up. Yay!
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Enjoy your rest. Spring break is rejuvenating!
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A bird feeder cam? Who knew! I would spend WAY too much time watching the feed…er. 😉
Thanks for hosting and sharing the tweet-heart poems and photos. 🐦
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Seeing the birds really close up is exciting. Sometimes I feel like I’m spying.
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Fred and Ginger! 🙂
Your poems give me hope on this snowy 0 degree day south of Buffalo, NY. The daffodils are dreaming under a white quilt out there, but I did see a bluebird the other day winging across the pasture…and hooray…spring and all of the lovely images in your poems will soon be true here. Thank you for hosting. xo, a.
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Thanks, Amy. I hope the daffodils survive the snow.
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I love these bird poems. Because of a post by Molly Hogan, I got the Merlin app and can identify the birds I am hearing on my morning walk. It’s more fun than I imagined. Our wood duck house is sadly open and empty. We have a camera inside, but have had no activity yet this year. Maybe I need to get a camera bird feeder to satisfy my longing.
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I remember the wood ducks from previous seasons. I hope they return. My interest in birds started with tree swallows and bluebirds. The tree swallows have not been back in several years and I miss them.
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Rose! Of course you name your bird friends. I love that! (We gifted our son with a birdcam this past Christmas, and lucky us, he loves sharing clips!) Thank you for your poems and for hosting today. xo
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Rose, thank you for hosting Poetry Friday and providing a feeding spot for the colorful birds you entertain. Have a wonderful weekend.
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What a fun gift, Rose! And those bluebirds! (there’s a counting PB in there, too!). Thank you for hosting.
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This is only part of the poem. I did write it as a possible picture book.
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Thanks for hosting us! Looks like I’m not the only one who thinks your sweet bluebird counting poem needs to be a picture book or a board book!
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Yep! I started it as a picture book. The rest is about the birds growing and then fledging.
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Thanks for these poems and photos and for hosting, Rose. Yes, I could watch birds all day also. I am intrigued that you name your birds. I think there must be a poem in that! The idea of the nest being pressed is also interesting. Thanks again!
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What a great post, Rose! I love birds. They are an inspiration to me. Love the eetheree form and the diversity of different birds in that poem.
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Thank you for hosting and sharing your poems and bird friends with us Rose! Your “One Blue Bird” poem was especially fun for me– I loved the light feeling and rhythm!
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Rose, I love it that you feed the birds and the camera feeds you! I’m amazed that so many different types of birds manage to share the resource you’re providing. Makes you wonder what’s wrong with us humans. Both poems have their charms, but how magazine-friendly Fred and Ginger’s is! Thanks for hosting!
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I am so enjoying the bird love here. Gorgeous photos matched with exquisite poems. Thank you so much for hosting this week. ❤ Much love.
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What lovely fun, Rose! Someday, I will have a birdfeeder. I love the parade of characters you have visiting. Your double etheree is wonderful–I extra love the echoing sounds in the first half of it. It’s like each species has its vibe/sound. And your One Blue Bird is a tiny treasure! Seems just right for a magazine. Thank you for hosting, Rose, and for your thoughtful and cheerful presence each week.
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Thank you, Laura.
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I love your poems, love your birds, and love the enjoyment you are getting from that feeder! ❤️
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