Haiku Dreaming Australia - Birds (not natives)

	rainy afternoon an ibis slots into a row of ibises
katherine samuelowicz

	breathing the silence before the catbird calls first light
jean rasey

	storm birds crying into the thunder
jacqui murray

	migrating ibis a child's black kite breaks free
Jan Iwaszkiewicz

	bare twigs – the flurry of a swamphens' mating dance
nathalie buckland

	dusk... a butcher bird eyes the dog the dog's dinner
vanessa proctor

	early shadows: crows ride a windmill back to the trough
john bird

	a pelican skims the waves sunday paper
greg piko

	nest-building – a magpie sings with its mouth full
quendryth young

	jacana a drop of water rolls back and forth
greg piko