dark-eyed junco
inspecting snow, limb, & sky
to satisfaction
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January 11, 2014
January 11, 2012
Amid winter’s brown stripes of sparrow, finch, and wren,
zipping from brush to branch to feeder and back to brush again,
a dark-eyed junco’s charcoal hue is easily distinguished.
Often found feeding on ground-spilled seed,
this little sparrow brightens considerably
when flashing outer strips of white tail feathers
in sudden lift to a nearby tree.
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