sweet starling
how many hearts
fly with you
© Xenia Tran
EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2018
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
We are delighted that the above haiku and Floating Swan appear in EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2018 – Year of the Bird. A very big thank you to Jim Kacian and the Haiku Foundation for featuring my poems and putting this beautiful edition together.
Carpe Diem Spring Retreat 2018: Light of the World
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Prolific
Tranature 
In the U.S., not a beloved bird, to put it mildly. But how beautiful their feathers are!
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Thank you Laurie, I believe they are more loved here in Scotland. They are always polite around our garden feeders and their feathers are so lovely :o) xxx
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I’ve always felt bad that they are so scorned here.
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Such a cute little bird 🙂
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Thank you dear Rekha! ☺💖🐦 xxx
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What beautiful markings show up on the second photo. We don’t see many Starlings in the garden but I love to watch the murmurations 💖 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Cathy ☺ We have a few starlings that visit our garden with their backs cloaked in golden hearts. The murmurations are amazing! ☺💖 xxx
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What a great capture! I have seen them float around my yard but haven’t been able to get a picture (yet).
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Thank you so much for your kind words, I hope you will be able to get a picture soon! 🤗💖🐦
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Indeed, they are prolific. Their murmurations are fantastic to see, but they can be a real annoyance, here in the States.
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Thank you Ken, I have heard that starlings were not welcome when they were introduced to the US as a non-native bird. They are native birds here and much loved. Through the image and the haiku I am referring to the proliferation of golden hearts on the bird’s back 💖
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Ahh, I see. And of course that’s true. They have a most intriguing pattern.
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They are beautiful and some have vivid blues and greens too 💖🐦
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I love these birds. They are such gorgeous beings.
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Thank you Kristjaan, they truly are 💜🐦
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