A wing-sore Noisy Miner
searching for something finer
crossed the ocean for tweet-ment
her sparrow-chute peaked when
her beak hooted and reclined her
Flying over shear-water, she needed a shove
Out of petrel, so swift she dove
She craned her neck to see
a live red kite catch the breeze
Heron after she would glide above
She chirped heart of gold expressions
to give priceless old phleasant blessings
They would never go cheep
though she had the Hebe Grebes
when they hushed mocking bird’s fowl-play impressions
Eggs at her breast she set a spy-catcher’s test
to stop vultures robin the nest
She would keep in mind
the Fan tales Drongos find
but then Con Door up and confessed
For a Lyre–reckless song to swing
to crow and caw and buzz your wings
the hummingbird hums
as his drumming feet thrum
’cause he forgot each claws to sing
I took this photo earlier in the year. When I saw the Wordle at Sunday whirl I couldn’t resist adding some quick silly limericks. 😀
The bird is singing “I am what I am, an what I am needs no excuses …” *gg
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I deal my own branch, the deck’s not ready yet. 🙂 Sorry for messing up the words, feeling a little silly today. Gloria Gaynor and Popeye the Sailor Man, words of wisdom.
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Looks like an angry noisy miner! “Go away,” she said 🙂
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It’s probably talking to that pesky photographer! 🙂
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Of course! Who else could get it so worked up? Lol
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😀 There were quite a few of the Noisy Miner Minors there.
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I like your Minor Miner. I can imagine the words pouring out of his beak.
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She’s a Minor Miner word designer!
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Fa! A bird that like gossip! 😉
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Yup! 🙂
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Cute shot of the Miner.. They are cool looking birds. Thank you for sharing your post with my critter party.. Have a happy weekend!
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Thanks Eileen, you too!
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Really wonderful shot !
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Thanks Ela. 🙂
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Great shot of it. It’s so cute!
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Thanks
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Adorable minor Miner! 🙂 Is it waiting to be fed maybe?
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It was chatting to other minor Miners. Maybe it was hungry or gossiping. 🙂
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I just love these birds! At the moment I have a baby one in the garden and it chirps non-stop all day long. It’s saying ‘feed me! feed me!’ to it’s parents who have to get insects for it. 😀
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Must be a very hungry bird!
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all the babies are!
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A Noisy Miner? Lol! I’ve never heard of or seen those before. They’re kind of comical looking, aren’t they? Great capture!
And I bet they’re really cute when they’re babies.
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Thanks Kristin. They’re real characters. I haven’t seen a baby one up close yet. 🙂
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made me smile !
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I’m so glad!:-)
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Oh my gosh… Precious
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Thank you. 🙂
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Beautiful photo and beautiful poem, a little sad!
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Thank you Elizabeth. It all turned out okay in the end.
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Ooh..what a delightful tune…we are clapping our hands for the little bird 🙂
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Thanks, Jae. 🙂
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Thank you Jae Rose. 🙂
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I am just wondering if the words start to flow before, or after you brush your teeth in the morning?
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Hi Harvey, the toothbrush does get in the way when the words start to flow out! Thank goodness we can write them down! 😀
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Funny poem and love the picture of the Miner bird. Don’t have them here.
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Thanks Cathy. 🙂
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He looks so angry. Loved the poem~ 🙂
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Thanks. That was one very talkative bird!
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I like this, especially the last verse. A fun and clever use of the names of birds throughout.
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Oh thank you so much for your encouragement. 🙂
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