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A bird is visiting my yard
One that I have never seen before
Eating from the ground so vigorously
Pecking like a Sandpiper or a Woodpecker
That pecks on a tree
Looks like a Woodpecker
But not exactly and there are really four
I suppose there could be more
He has the ladder back
On his back, and a long strong thick beak
A red spot below his head
On the top of his back its said
His upper chest or top of the breast
A half moon as dark as night
Accented on the bottom half by mostly white
He works and works pecking the ground
Why he almost wears me down
Now he's joined by a goldfinch
Of such a brilliant hue
A male Bluebird eats undistrubed too
When the mystery bird takes
To flight on his tail there is a spot of white
I could watch him all the day
But responsibility calls me away
(My daughter said her husband said that it is a Northern Flicker and I looked it up and the
pictures of the Northern Flicker match what I am seeing.)
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