DAILY PHOTO: Amboseli Cranes

Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of one Gray-Crowned Crane standing tall in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

DAILY PHOTO: A Little Birdhouse

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Photograph of a birdhouse on the Fairy Trail at Sawnee Mountain Park.

24/7 Wakeup Call [Lyric Poem]

Photograph taken from Wat Pa Phon Phoa at Luang Prabang, Laos.
In a mountain village,
the roosters crow all day.
Hopes of mid-day napping
are dashed along the way.

Migratory Highway [Haiku]

wild geese forage
beside the highway:
fueling for journey.

Alone in the Cold [Haiku]

solitary duck
huddles with itself,
against the cold.

Dine & Move [Haiku]

A House Sparrow on a cobbled road near the Cascade Complex in Yerevan, Armenia.
sparrow finds food
among well-trod cobbles,
then flits into blur.

Great Blue Heron [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron crossing a pond along the Roswell Greenway Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
Skittish is the Great Blue Heron.
It feels when you're stopped and starin'
and will crisscross water like Charon
to keep you on the other side.

Quiet Bayou [Haiku]

Taken in the Pearl River bayou near Slidell, Louisiana.
quiet bayou:
the odd bird flutters
limb to lonely limb.

Bobbing Ducks [Haiku]

Ducks at the edge of a pond at Audubon Park in New Orleans.
ducks jump off a ledge,
bobbing once in pond water,
and drift onward.

Duck Raft [Haiku]

A "raft" (a.k.a. flock) of ducks float on Rudrasagar (Twijilikma) Lake in Tripura, India.
a raft of ducks
glides as a dense pack --
then one goes solo.