against our gray day
earth cloaked in old snow
starting to tarnish with age
a new joyous song filling the air
i spied RED
unexpected in our usual and sparse wintry mix
of birds
unexpected in our usual and sparse wintry mix
of birds
the pine grosbeak
it ate sunflowers seeds that fell to the ground
but not from the feeder
the lovely female nearly disappears
into the colors of the mossy limbs of the tree
a poor photo above
but i wanted you to see the male and female
side by side
a small yellow spot at the corner of it's eye
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also their song is lovely
to me i hear: pretty bird over and over
but not on the recordings on websites
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they have stayed around for a month and a half
a bit of color means so much in deep winter grays
they inspired a painting:
the bird feeder hat
i share my art at my other blog:
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