Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Our Birds


Townsend's Warbler,
the Pileated Woodpecker,
Varied Thrush.

Red-breasted Nuthatches,
Black-capped Chickadees,
Chestnut-backed, too.

Pine Siskins,
a Red-winged Blackbird,
the Steller's Jays.

Dark-eyed Juncos,
Broad-tailed Hummingbirds,
Band-tailed Pigeons--yes, it's true!

Northwestern Crows,
crow, crow, crow--
the No-doubt Seahawks
are going to go
go, go!




© 2015 Jennifer Wagner




image © 2015 Jennifer Wagner


"No doubt" Seahawks and the 12's return to the Superbowl as defending champs (and the 12th team to do it).

For my boys. A list poem with all the birds we have identified in our yard.

22 comments:

Janet Martin said...

lol!! I was waiting for something ;) they proved they deserve it! cheers:)

Magyar said...

this bird count
young minds see the changes
nature's plan

Nifty Jenn, the learning! _m

Optimistic Existentialist said...

LOL and here I thought it was an email about our feathered friends :)

Clever twist

Brian Miller said...

ha. i am happy for you...you lived through some rough years here til recently....
i just cant stand richard sherman...though i will give him props for playing hurt this week...it was a great comeback...

Jennifer Wagner said...

;-) What a championship game that was!

Jennifer Wagner said...

It is really fun to watch and identify them!

Jennifer Wagner said...

lol...thanks Keith :)

Wendy Bourke said...

A list poem - how interesting! I will have to try and take one of those on, sometime.

Jennifer Wagner said...

Smiles...thanks...the kids around here are so amped! Sherman may not be your taste B...but he is amazing. There is more to him than his mouth. He grew up midst gangland, avoided that life and graduated from HS with a 4.2 and then from Stanford with a 3.9. He is expressive, no doubt, but some might argue that is part of the game...smiles... I think it's interesting some of his harshest critics say nothing about the words and actions of some hip hop artists while buying their music, or other athletes, who are worse offenders in other ways. The bias confounds me. There's a cool article here if you're interested: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isaac-saul/what-richard-sherman-taught-us_b_4631980.html.

Jennifer Wagner said...

I'll look forward to it, when you do!

Kathy Reed said...

I'm sure your kids appreciate all birds in our area...esp. now the Seahawks! Yay;)

Jennifer Wagner said...

Hey fellow Washington lady! We all do enjoy watching the birds that come around, my youngest especially. Go Hawks! :-)

Rajesh said...

Very touching. My hello to the lovely ones.

Fireblossom said...

I would be so surprised to find football players in my yard. I would call the police immediately. ;-P

Jennifer Wagner said...

Hi Rajesh, thanks for coming by. :)

Jennifer Wagner said...

Hahaha, Shay!

janetld said...

Oh, lol, what a surprise ending!
And good luck to your team!

Jennifer Wagner said...

Thanks, Janet!

Justin Lamb said...

Fun poem. GO HAWKS! :)

ND Mitchell said...

Great to read about these visitors to your backyard.

Jennifer Wagner said...

!! Thanks, Justin. :)

Jennifer Wagner said...

Hey, David! Great to see you!