Entertaining Birds 7-18-2023
Cooking Entertainment By Mary J Williams I am cooking supper It’s really hard to do Watching all the antics The birds are going through The Red-bellied Woodpecker Is like the boss of all Even the Blue Jay stays away He won’t start a brawl The Hairy Woodpecker Is a little bolder He pecks at the seed From under the holder Red-bellied didn’t seem to care He was eating all he wanted The Hairy was eating too And wasn’t even daunted After a little while The Downy’s flew in There were three of them I don’t think they were kin They moved from place to place Trying to get close to the seed Finally, the Red-bellied left And they began to feed The Red-bellied Juvie was first On the scene Then came the mom With dad in between The Downy’s would wait Until they would leave Hoping they would stay gone They wanted some seed. The Titmouse was there But to the other feeder it went As did the House Finch And sparrows with no argument Fun times at the window But sure, is hard to cook When the birds are en