from the series, Winter Birds
Unseen shivers of song
Junco’s busy gray visit
Amid the sudden flash of white
Arctic scissor-wedge of tail
in hoods of
Charcoal-heated nervous fleet
wheels round the eaves
on unnerving cold
to land on secret signal
Twits on crystal
Jan 3, 2018
Jan 3, 2018 at 7:55 PM UTC
from the series, Winter Birds
Unseen shivers of song
Junco’s busy gray visit
Amid the sudden flash of white
Arctic scissor-wedge of tail
in hoods of
Charcoal-heated nervous fleet
wheels round the eaves
on unnerving cold
to land on secret signal
Twits on crystal
These are the real "snow birds" Not Yankees on a Southern beach in February. They come South in late October and leave for their Arctic nesting sites in late April. With such small pink feet, they don't perch well-- no trees on the tundra. They like their bird seed on a flat surface or right on the ground.
Pictues of juncos. We only get the slate gray version:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Junco+photos&client=firefox-b-1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCxovC9L7YAhWMRN8KHVJ-DYUQ7AkIQA&biw=1080&bih=542#imgrc=K5mtpJvMkXeNhM: