[Soaring Feather]

Birds

An abundance of birds
reside here
the Gold Finch lives
here all year
his brilliant yellow
fades to olive in fall
so if one doesn't know
this you'd think
he was not here at all.

The Cardinal is here
two by two
he and his wife
quite content to be
nestled in fir trees
as winter's winds howl
eat sunflower seeds
'tween their crossed beak
and flight away in the wink
or a click of the teeth.

Woodpeckers small, and large
and tall, hammer away at suet
wrapped in a ball.
Old hollow trees they adore
making a home with a round door.
The Pleated Woodpecker lives
in the woods. I've not seen one
myself, but I should.

The Nuthatch scoots down the trunk
upside down such a clown
they ferret out bugs from the bark
and open the way for the Meadow Lark.

The little Black Headed Chickadee
a pleasure to see, very tame
and curious they come to feed
on sunflower seeds or any thing else.

A plethora of birds live here
bringing much good cheer
they sing out their songs
on a crisp cold day,
I am assured, of a colorful display each new day.

bentfeather (c) 1/29/06

[MEG33]

So beautiful! I love it.

[MEG33]

God Bless USA's Beautiful Thread,"A Birder's Eye View"

[Lady Jag]

That poem is beautiful, bentfeather.

[laurenmarlowe]

So very lovely Ms. Feather, thank you!