Simple pleasures

magpies and ravens
sharing a sunny bald tree
in winter sunshine

Australian magpies and ravens (including Australian crows, which are very very similar to Australian ravens) are only distantly related to species on other continents.  With a photo like this, I doubt if anyone can tell the difference.

Caw, it’s the sound of happy crows

happy vrarking sound
an amusement of blithe crows
no bloody murder

Empathy for crows

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noisy crows dispute
order disorder seesaws
prior to take off

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Cemetery calls

dismal autumn sky
crows caw, sound bouncing off stone
can’t dampen spirits

revisiting one of my earliest senryū