becoming hashiboso
Julie Constable
leaving Bass Strait on the muttonbird gales flocks fly north dream of feasting in Japan becoming hashiboso
The science inspiring the piece:
Short-tailed shearwaters, Ardenna tenuirostris, commonly known as Muttonbirds breed and nest in Tasmania and on the islands of Bass Strait in south eastern Australia. In Autumn they migrate northwards, flying as far as the Bering Strait, huge flocks feeding in the waters of Japan on their migration northwards in Autumn. In Japan the birds are called Hashiboso-mizunagidori.
This site has photographs of the flocks.
Listen to Julie read the poem here:
Feature image by Gary Houston (Public Domain)
