Midsummer birds (a small poem)
lilosophie
10 years ago
Birds in July
Mourning doves - sing sad songs
Young Tanagers - practice flying
Scrub jays - look for wasp-nests
Hummer babies - hover mid-air
Flycatchers - patrol pond
Woodpeckers - drill tree-trunks
Meadowlarks - sing sweet melodies
Hawks - hunt rodents
Turkey vultures - fly overhead
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