Birdathon 2011 Haiku
A great community of (somewhat) competitive conservationists gathering together to celebrate a month of hard work and dedication to protecting our native birds! A part of the annual celebration evening is the haiku contest. Here are the 2011 submissions, enjoy!
Bitterns we had four
Mating hairys quite a “score”
Sun, fun, who wants more?
Nancy Mattson, Winner 2011
The wetland’s stillness
“Pumpkineater” it exclaims
Then it flew away.
Mary Rose and Tan
Owl hoots at dawn’s light
Sandpipers in spiral flight
Birding dawn to night
Sarah McCarty
Harlequin duck sits
By the rocks at Boiler Bay
Best bird seen today
Jerry Pederson
Willow quaking with
Vireos; lazuli buntings
Greet Pittock at dawn
Deanna Mueller- Crispin
Mud, wind, walking wet
Flash of white or was that gray?
Bitterns make our day
Enid Griffin
A flash, a sound, look!
A whirl, around, listen, there!
Is it? Is it? Yes!
Max Smith
Species one hundred
A pair of purple martins
Turn the van around
Max Smith
Hairy woodpecker
Very good mate cleaning house
Let’s make more Hairy’s
Michele Dupraw
Birds, birds everywhere
I need the hundredth species
To max out pledges.
Dawn Hottenroth
Habitats galore
Forest, field, riparian and more
Steigerwald Lake we adore
Joel Shaich
I know the junco
But what is that yellow bird?
Or that one and that?
Laurie Peterson
Bushtit nest and rain
Breakfast goose eggs with bacon
Bird-a-thon til dusk.
Dennis McCarty
Haystack rock birdies
Why do you scatter about?
Oh my, bald eagle!
Sandra Koike
Northern Parula
Best bird of season
Jewel on the wing
Gary Gross
Out at crack of dawn
Meadow, bottomland, sea
Alas, my pillow
Kris Day
Beginning birder
Sees owls where telescope points
Audubon most cool!
Anne Koppel Conway
Killdeers camouflaged
Tanagers yellow and red
Birders having fun
Jeff Graham
Wild forty-eight hours
Everyone back in vans
Turkeys go for it!
Emily Gottfried
Red, yellow and black
Surprise! It’s yet another
Western tanager
Tammi Miller
Sisters contribute
Always dependable givers
Like to save birds---yea!
Susan Bexton
Where did the rails go?
Killan wetlands, parking stress
I miss the bitterns
Sally Loomis
A-Grebable Bunch
Up at 4:30, no owls
Why do I do this?
Mark Greenfield
Bittern says uh-oomph!
Birders as bittern or frog
Bittern says Not Frog!
Lynn Herring
Saw a Franklin’s gull
No really, I swear I did
Flew over and gone
Sarah Swanson
Sadie the good dog
Jumped in the paddy wagon
Birding she did go
Team Sadie and the Paddywagon
I detest haikus
Don’t make us do this next year
I can’t write worth beans
Ginnie Ross
A flash of color
A sudden song from the trees
Avian wonder
Judd Conway
A bird in the bush
Still counts—it’s a fundraiser
So check it off please!
Claire Puchy
Seventy-four birds
Then stop at the winery
I like Pinot Gris
Deanna Sawtelle
Noise, you say, not so
Shrieks, hoots, calls, trills and warbles
Bird speak, defining
Linda Rogers
