Sonoran Saijiki

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Sonoran Saijiki, USA

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Conceived, Compiled, and Edited by Laura Orabone

Text quoted from
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. by Steven J. Phillips (Editor), Patricia Wentworth Comus (Editor),
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. University of California Press (December, 1999)


Haiku on this page, unless quoted otherwise,
are © by Laura Orabone.

.. .. .. SPRING Yellow Season (Late February, March, April) .. .. Season .. .. Heaven Warmer days Drier days Warm afternoons .. .. Earth Snow melt Creeks and washes run Sound of water .. .. Humanity Yaqui Deer Dancers .. .. Observances Easter .. .. Animals Hawks arrive and breed Swainson’s Zone-tailed Black Hummingbirds continue to arrive Broad-billed Black-chinned Magnificent White-winged doves return Reptiles become more active, begin breeding Desert iguanas lesser earless lizards western whiptails Rattlesnakes stir Bobcat kittens Coyote pups Fox kits Owls breed Elf Burrowing Barn Desert tortoise and desert box turtles mate Turkey vultures return to southern Arizona for the summer Bird migration Iron-cross blister beetles feed on brittlebush blossoms Butterflies great blue hairstreak hackberry skipper blue queen .. .. Plants Wildflowers abound globe mallow penstemon evening primrose desert marigolds blue dicks gilias bladderpod dock chia desert hyacinth Shrubs bloom desert lavender hop bush brittlebush Mormon tea Bean trees bloom blue palo verde catclaw acacia mesquites Cacti bloom Prickly Pear (North America, Opuntia Family) cholla hedgehogs some saguaros Ocotillo blossoms ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Spring Haiku white-winged dove: your flapping tail announces Spring is Here! yellow season the dog path palo verde bends in full bloom Spring evening deep inside the pine the owl’s call all along the Acacia branch spring returning Easter Sunday globemallow bends under sparrow’s weight Acacia blossoms a pair of finches line their nest with gold

.. .. .. SUMMER (Foresummer Drought and Summer Monsoons) .. .. Season .. .. Heaven Big Dipper .. .. Earth Clear, dry and hot days Hottest, driest part of the year Retreat to mountains for cool Sizzling desert pavement Bone dry Arid .. .. Humanity many deaths crossing the desert .. .. Observances Cinco de Mayo Tohono O’odham Saguaro fruit harvest .. .. Animals Bats migrate into the area from Mexico to feed on night-blooming cacti/plants Mexican long-tongued lesser long-nosed Gila monster eggs hatch Red-spotted toads mate in mountain canyons, make trilling sounds Moths pollinate night-blooming cacti/plants Snakes bear live young or lay eggs Gopher common kingsnake Sonoran whipsnake western diamondback tiger rattlesnake Buzz of mating cicadas Lesser Nighthawks fill the sky with trilling calls Hawks breed in riparian areas with tall cottonwood or sycamore trees Gray hawks Black hawks Zone-tailed Hawks Mississippi Kites Mule deer growing their antlers .. .. Plants Nocturnally blooming cacti in bloom Saguaros Senitas organ pipes queen-of-the-night (night-blooming cereus) Desert ironwood and smoke trees put out lavendar blossoms Desert spoon and soaptree yuccas send up tall, woody bloomstalks with white flowerettes Red, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom in mountains (penstemon, coral bean) Saguaro fruit ripen, split, fall Pink-colored scats (from animals eating cactus fruit) Bean pods on mesquite, palo verde, and acacia trees ripening jojoba seeds form Sacred Datura blossoms Organ pipe cactus have pale lavender blossoms ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Summer Haiku cicada's rasp the baby's whine – my god, this heat! June heat deepening her burrow the desert tortoise scouring away the morning’s cool cicadas’ song one hundred ten degrees halfway through the book on anger management Summer Solstice the sparrows’ bath of dust ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ... ... ... SUMMER MONSOON (July, August, early September) .. .. Season .. .. Heaven Afternoon thunderstorms Thunderheads Lightning .. .. Earth Humid Creeks, washes and arroyos run with water .. .. Humanity many deaths crossing the desert .. .. Observances .. .. Animals Second breeding season for many animals Butterflies emerge with rains Monarchs Sulphurs queens fritillaries two-tailed swallowtails Palo verde beetles emerge Toads emerge and mate Spadefoot Sonoran green red-spotted Bats migrate south, following the agave blooms Swarms of winged leaf-cutter and harvester ants after heavy rains Empress Leilia hackberry butterflies Regal horned lizards hatch Bird migrations Hummingbirds New England Saijiki : Hummingbird in Spring Yuki Teikei lists in it spring. Haiku World (Higginson) lists it in summer. Rufous Allen’s Snout butterflies Bird migration peaks Raptors and carrion-feeders congregate, preparing to move south Turkey Vultures Western Kingbirds hawks Desert bighorn sheep breeding Butterflies gray hairstreaks funeral duskwings painted ladies Mule deer antlers get velvet .. .. Plants Wildflowers summer poppies Devil's Claw (Southern USA) Teufelskralle morning glories Agave blossoms Prickly pear cacti fruit ripens More pink poop Plants bloom barrel cacti asters four o’clocks buffalo gourds ground cherries Desert hackberry fruit (orange) ripen Sunflowers Golden yellow blooms Snakeweed Turpentinebush Goldeneyes telegraph plants Sticker and burr season (cottonwood ragweed/cocklebur) Seewp-willow shrubs bloom in washes and canyon bottoms ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Summer Monsoon Haiku monsoon's return a crown of cactus flowers the smell of creosote August rain the mountain shudders getting its foothills wet cloudless afternoon the dry rattle of the bean trees Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)

.. .. .. AUTUMN FALL (Late September, October, November) .. .. Season .. .. Heaven .. .. Earth cooler nights winter returns to the mountains mountain snow returns cold temps on the desert, especially at night .. .. Humanity Winter tourists return (snowbirds fly in for the winter) allergies .. .. Observances El Dias de los Muertos .. .. Animals swarms of butterflies, bees, wasps, and beetles snakes burrow rosy boas in warmer areas give birth wintering hawks arrive (Northern Harriers, Rough-legged and Ferruginous Hawks, Kestrels, Marlins, and Prairie Falcons) ravens return to the deserts; loud groups of juveniles roost in tall cottonwoods in evenings butterflies great purple hairstreaks snouts sulphurs swallowtails checkerspots hummingbirds – Anna’s, Costa’s bobcats, coyotes, badgers, and gray and kit foxes remain active male desert mule deer lose their velvet ..... sparring begins loud flocks of wintering sparrows high-floating raptors .. .. Plants desert broom seeds in cloudy puffs look like snow on the ground plants fruiting barrel cacti soapberry trees desert hackberries wolfberries fall foliage in canyons (sycamores, cottonwoods, ashes, and walnuts) desert mistletoe berries form golden grasslands

.. .. .. WINTER (December, January, early February) .. .. Season .. .. Heaven Orion’s Belt Jet contrails Overcast skies at night after rains .. .. Earth Equipatas – gentle winter rains Freezing temps at night Mountain snowfall .. .. Humanity .. .. Observances .. .. Animals Mockingbirds mate Curve-billed thrashers mate Packrats mate Cactus wrens build nests in cholla Hummingbirds mate Phainopeplas mate Mule deer in their “rut” Mule deer sparring Mountain lions active Hummingbirds mate Gila woodpeckers hammer on trees, metal pipes, and swamp coolers Great Horned Owls call in evening or before dawn, mate Pipevine swallowtail butterflies .. .. Plants Cottonwood blossoms New grass Wildflowers return Mexican gold poppies lupines owl-clover ajo lily Winter Haiku January sky: beneath cloudy water sits the pearl moon

.. .. .. NEW YEAR .. .. Season .. .. Heaven .. .. Earth .. .. Humanity .. .. Observances .. .. Animals .. .. Plants Desert mistletoe (with fruit) World Kigo Database - Mistletoe Christmas cactus fruit Netleaf hackberry fruit Bare trees Ocotillo leaves Creosote leave

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Editor: Laura Orabone, USA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthernArizonaHaiku/

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Roadrunner Haiku Journal, Jason Sanford Brown

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ハミング‐バード Hummingbirds
are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae.
They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird.
The Aztec god Huitzilopochtli is often depicted as a hummingbird.
Trinidad and Tobago is known as "The land of the hummingbird," and a hummingbird can be seen on that nation's coat of arms and 1-cent coin as well as its national airline, Caribbean Airlines.
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Pre dawn journey to water
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©　-Linda Noel, Ukiah 2004

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silence
of the mountain camp . . .
roar of a mountain lion

©　Nicole Boliard, 1998


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photo : Hummingbird by Quentin Huffaker


a bloom
to hummingbirds and bees ?
summer dreams

no thoughts
of small, hummingbird
feeding

- Shared by Louis Osofsky -
Joys of Japan, 2012




dawn mist ...
a hummingbird fans
the trumpet vines

- Shared by John Wisdom -
Joys of Japan, 2012


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a hummingbird feeds,
dancing in a ray of light
scarlet, emerald

- Shared by Charles Henderson -
Joys of Japan, 2012




- Hummingbird and Happy Haiku


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