My pyracantha bushes were loaded with berries this summer. As winter came on, and food got scarce, the birds gradually began eating them. Today I was delighted to see three bluebirds on the bushes feeding on the last of the berries. I am thinking that they might be migrating north already. We are expecting warm weather this week in the high 60 F and maybe even 70 F. Spring is on the way!
Bluebirds stop and eat
Last of the summer berries
Food for the journey
Photos: Dwight L. Roth
I am linking this to the Monday Haibun for Frank Tassone’s prompt spring.
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o.m.g., I’ve never seen birds as colourful as those! They’re gorgeous. 💖
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They are beautiful little birds!
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We have colourful birds here in the u.k., but not like those. How I’d love to be able to see them … and hummingbirds too. ☺
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Check out google search on your computer to see more of them!
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I will. 😁
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:>)
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I can’t see a bluebird without feeling happy. You are blessed they stopped by, Dwight!
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Yes, I was very excited to see them.
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Love bluebirds. Here in Massachusetts, we have a few that stay all year now.
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Interesting. I wasn’t sure if they migrate or not. I haven’t seen them around in winter!
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Tell them to hold off coming north for a couple of weeks! We still have snow on the ground!
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That will all melt this week! Warm air coming your way!
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I love how you’ve captured the bluebirds so vividly, Dwight, in photography and the haibun. Their colour is stunning. Pretty much all of the berries that were in our garden have gone, and the birds are enjoying seeds and fat balls in the feeders. I can’t believe the temperatures you’re expecting – I’m still shivering!
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You should have been here today. It was sunny and 74 F. All those berries are about gone from the bush. I did not realize how many the birds ate until I went back and found the original photo. Thank you so much for your kind comments.
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I have a 200mm telephoto lens that helps bring them in. I was afraid they were too far away, but with cropping it brought them into an acceptable view.
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It is a beautiful little bird, and the contrast with the pyracantha berries is stunning.
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It is a wonderfully nice touch of color in the gray woods. Thanks Jane.
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🙂
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How good to for the little birds to have some berries left to eat… they are gorgeous with their bright blue feathers.
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They really are beautiful. The bush is about cleaned bare of berries at this point. Only a handful left on the ends.
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We hear there are bluebirds in the area to which we’re moving, and we’re hoping to attract them to our feeders when we’ve moved. They rival the cardinal for beauty of color!
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I agree they are most beautiful. Hope you get lots of them.
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We have mild enough winters here some birds, like geese don’t migrate, but the sparrows, robins and small birds are gone.
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Beautiful pictures! We have bluebird here. I see them sometimes. Be nice if spring sticks around.
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It was beautiful here today! Sunny and 74 F. Thanks Mary.
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Bluebirds helping your bushes recycle, while benefitting themselves as they migrate. I love the simple way in which you describe the symbiosis of nature, and the cycle of seasons!
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It is a beautiful thing to see! Thanks Frank. I love all my birds. The Red Bellied woodpecker was starting a hole in a dead limb high in the gum tree!
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great that there are still berries left for them to feast on!
Great shots Dwight, very glad that cat is walking away and not got an anticipatory glint in his eye 🙂
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The cat did not seem interested in the birds at this time. All those berries are about gone from the bush. Thanks for you comment!
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Spring comes in brilliant color in your neck of the woods!
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the orange has all been eaten by the birds, but yellow daffodils are starting to bloom here!
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Living in a completely different parts of the world I expect many of us are jealous of the birds in your garden and probably you would feel the same way about our birds too. What a beautiful haibun this is.
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Thank you so much for your kind words. Every place is unique! I am sure you have some beautiful birds as well.
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I so enjoyed how you tied the two, the berries and the birds in both haibun and haiku, and a sign of spring, a joyful time for the birds who will fly away and for the berry tree maybe to grow more.
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Thank you Gina. They were a nice surprise!
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Love the photos and love the haibun. Food for the journey indeed! Food for the soul when we see even the smallest telltale sign of spring’s arrival!
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Thank you Lillian. Spring is springing in the middle of winter here. Daffodils are beginning to bloom.
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Beautiful story Dwight, and I love your photos.
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How LOVELY to have bluebirds! And how amazing to have such warm temperatures.
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It is wonderful to see spring pushing winter on out of the way!
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Berry berry nice. 🙂
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:>) Thank You!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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WOW! Beautiful.
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:>)
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