The birds of winter—-
Those delightful wandering large and small birds
Filling the air with their gossip and chatter
Shining brightly there in the sky
Filling our lawn with their busy searching and scratching
Then suddenly lifting up in a huge swoosh of wings
The tap-tap tapping on the bark of the very old Cottonwood tree fills the cold winter air
A pair of owls gently shake the branches of the same tree each evening as they call one to the other 
A blackbird, of some sort, rests in the branches waiting for submissive sun take back the sky from clouds
The crows tell all the secrets of the land.
Thank Heavens for the winter birds. They make my winter life ever so much better.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
What a wonderful homage to winter birds. The birds at our feeders always make a day seem a little brighter and a little warmer.
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They do don’t they. And you get really colorful ones!
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Great bird photos. We have six robins that have stayed here all winter – very strange as usually they leave and return in the spring. Climate change?
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No. the winter robins have been here for a long spell. Several years now. Dixie had them in her yard when she lived in Gunnison.
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You have lots of birds! They must feel safe there on your farm:)
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I hope so. I tell them all the time they are welcome and safe here.
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