May on the Deck
posted by MojoMan @ 2:56 PM
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Moose Hill Journal
Thoughts and observations from, on, about, around or inspired by Moose Hill in Sharon, Massachusetts.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
About Me
- Name: MojoMan
- Location: Sharon, Massachusetts, United States
Smack dab in the middle of the Boomer generation. Living in eastern Massachusetts, USA. Grew up on Long Island, as a native, not as a New Yorker. OBHS class of '72. SUNY ESF '76 and '80. Loved forestry more than anything but didn't have what it takes, I guess. Been trying to hang on since then. They say all who wander are not lost, but one wonders.
5 Comments:
You know-I can't remember exactly what Haiku is-I'm going to have to learn it because there are quite a few Haiku masters around.
A beautiful photo from your deck- looks like a sweet spot to put your feet up!
Larry, I don't know much about haiku either, but they seem to be popular on nature blogs and about once a year one pops into my head, so what the heck.
Thanks, Lynne. I'm lucky to be in an old neighborhood so things are grown up and bushy with lots of places for birds to hide. It's not unusual to see a dozen or more species in an hour of lounging. The catbirds and swifts are favorites because they come and go on such predictable schedules. I like to wonder if it's the same catbirds or their offspring that come back to my forsythia every year. I like to think their DNA could be traced back for decades.
Nice haiku, Mojoman. Wouldn't expect that from you.
;-)
I have chimney swifts in my neighborhood and would love to know where they make their nests. Most all of the chimneys I see have caps or some other thing that seems to make the entrance too narrow for a swift.
The nature center where I used to volunteer had them nesting and they made quite a racket in the chimney - I miss hearing them.
Laura, what do you mean? When I'm not watching NASCAR or hanging out at Hooters, I'm composing sonnets.
I used to watch the swifts tumble from the sky into my neighbor's chimney. Now it's capped. I wonder if they're having trouble finding nesting sites these days.
You might like http://www.chimneyswifts.org/
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