Birdwatching

Magpie on a tree looking up at the partly cloudy sunny sky on a summer afternoon, Canberra

Open-throated call,
looking up to the heavens;
showing off, magpie.

Obvious

Summertime sunlight shining through the trees, Canberra

Brightest kid in class;
summertime sun in your face,
blindingly brilliant.

Sometimes

Trees and the landscape reflected on the Lake Burly Griffin, Canberra — Lake Burly Griffin, Canberra

Nature: perfect child
with all things being equal,
chaos, otherwise.

Life savers

Trees lining the lakefront, Canberra

Nature’s front line staff,
holding up earth’s defences,
trees, our true heroes.

Welcome, child

Cockatoos and corellas playing on trees on a partly cloudy summer afternoon, Canberra

The whole town’s gathered;
skies, trees, cawing cockatoos,
admiring the sun.