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Famished Flicker

Flicker is bigger than the little juncos and towhees. He takes advantage of his size to get his fill of suet.

It’s cold and rainy in the video clip. The towhee and junco try in vain to get a bite.

But all are vulnerable when the hawk moves in.

I’m trying my hand at writing cinquains (sin kanes). They have five lines with 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables in each line respectively.

Be patient please. This is my first one ever.

 

Flicker

Hogging suet

Hungry but not sharing

Forgets about pecking order

And hawks.

 


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My Laziness Pays Off

These chickadees and the nuthatch at the feeders were not there today. This picture was taken on another day. It is perhaps lucky that I’ve been lazy about refilling the feeder these past three sunny days. With the feeders empty today, there were no birds nearby when the visitor swooped in like a harrier jet this afternoon.

Except he was not a harrier; he was a Cooper’s hawk. He sat on the fence, wondering why there were no birds at the feeder.

Maybe they’re hiding in the shrubbery below the feeder.

Disappointed, he flew away to check out the neighbours’ birdfeeders.