From Sunday midday until Wednesday afternoon I guided a visiting birder from Canada around places in Kumamoto, Nagasaki and Saga prefectures. Firstly we went to Yatsushiro and Hikawa Estuary, where we saw gulls and shorebirds, however the Black-faced Spoonbills that I had expected there were not to be found. The next morning we watched Streaked […]
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Staking a Claim
Staking a claim on a lost love, her cries punch a hole through the day. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
The Memory of Wings
A midair argument over so quickly, nothing is left but the memory of wings. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Demanding Answers
Two easily offended songbirds demand answers, incompatible on either side of a breeze. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Below the Stars
Flying so fast just below the stars, even standing still the wind couldn’t keep up . • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Airborne & Desperate
Two molls bicker, a friendship ruptures, airborne and desperate, doing whatever they can to stay one step ahead of the law. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Waking Clouds
Songbirds jostle for position with no time to waste, waking sleepy clouds from their spring sleep. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus