these guys visit daily
foraging for crickets
grasshoppers
seeds, june bugs, acorns
dogwood berries, holly berries,
those i really dont mind them having
their great bronze bodies
the rhythmic puttputt
a gregarious gobble
are reward for the foraging
but
they are often marauding
pillagers
stealing what should go into
my freezer
my grandsons pancakes and muffins
though i like to watch
and listen
to often they end up
in the orchard
blueberries
grapes
and apples
are much tastier
than bugs, acorns, dogwood and holly berries
most of our crop this year
went through their gizzard
and out as fertilizer
somedays there were as many as
twenty-one large birds
and they eat a lot
and i didnt
