Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

Spring is a perfect time to start a nature journal. I've been talking about it with some friends so I wanted to share some resources here. It doesn't have to be fancy. It can have text, art, photos, pressed leaves, whatever you want to include. There are different approaches; all of them are good. Grab a blank book with plain or lined pages as you prefer, something to write or draw with, and head out to your yard, garden, or a nearby park.

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beavertech has posted the January batch of sponsored poems. :D One of them is about birds:

"Birds and Snow" on the_magick_circle

This is the freebie for the November 2024 crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from fuzzyred. It also fills the "green / yellow" square in my 11-1-24 card for the Sleepytime Bear Bingo fest.  This poem is about autumn, gardening, and birds.

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This is today's second freebie from the February 6, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl on "Twisted Genres."  It was inspired by a prompt from scrubjayspeaks. It also fills the "Eggs" square in my 2-1-24 card for the Valentines Bingo fest.


"The Beauty of Birds"
-- a limeriku


The beauty of birds is in eggs,
Those speckled or plain little kegs,
So go to the shore
And find a few more
Tucked under their parents' long legs.

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