Snow Birds

Snow Birds

In the garden snow birds feed,

on suet and sunflower seed,

turning and moving leaves around,

searching for bugs there on the ground.

Orange and brown, black and gray,

Junco, thrush, and Stellar’s jay,

their feathers fluffed against the chill,

hopping, flying, never still.

Rejoicing in the winter sun,

nature’s miracles, every one.

How lively the birds hop about.

It’s a shame to let the housecats out.

Del Gustafson: Lover of animals and Washington, the author of Bulls, Broncs and Barrooms—a book of Cowboy Poetry, some humorous, some reflective. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YC5C55C

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