a murder of crows harasses a hawk,
out to steal the meal that wriggles in its talons.
the hawk giving its all to fighting crow will lose its squirming prey.
no crow is match for a hawk,
but no hawk is match for the murder,
and so all birds go hungry.
Taken on August 4, 2018 at Lincoln Park Zoo
I was going to call this “Duck – duck – goose [-goose]” until I discovered that the smaller birds are also geese (i.e. Egyptian Geese)
A Spur-winged Goose hunting
Two Spur-winged geese in a row; Taken in the Chobe River between Botswana and Namibia in April of 2017
Taken in Chobe National Park, Botswana in April of 2017
hawk’s spiral swoop
snatches a sack skyward
morsels spilling
crow tugs rat carcass
like a combat comrade
cursing pal’s flab
Maribu meeting
looks formal: coat and tie
civil as Congress
Taken on September 30, 2017 at the Kamla Nehru Zoo in Ahmedabad
Above are male (hence, peacock) Indian Peafowl (a.k.a. Blue Peafowl or Pavo cristatus.)
Taken in May of 2017 in Botswana
Taken at Amboseli National Park in May of 2017
Taken one June 27, 2017 in Amboseli National Park
Black ostriches are males and the brown ones are females.
