I think a sanderling Mmmmm Sanderlings, Sandy Cove Bugs I mistook; plants with changing names Milbert's tortoiseshell Bee on vetch Young starling, brazen Robberfly Sparrow in my in-laws' backyard Probably a song sparrow Starling in the rain Loud and low Bee in the weigela House fly Some bee Two bees Yellow warbler just showing off Downy woodpecker back at his well-tuned percussion Mourning cloak We're all getting short-tempered with this incessa… Showing her finery Standing on the corner, watching all the birds go… A picket of starlings Back for nuts Two crows in a juniper Gulls, baseball diamond, wire diamonds Eating a yew berry in the apple tree Pitchipees are happy Flicker into the holly berries This morning's weather; breakfast guest Waiting turn. And watching Only the goldies She-flicker, eating Purple finch stock still, or nearly so Two goldfinches in the rain Starlings catching some exhausted warmth Some finches For our common delectation Duckish day-moon with gulls Sharpie hanging around Local crow I like to call them chocolate raspberry finches Failed but not bad Crow unafraid Pine siskin in the freezing rain