herbiehancock

For the last month or so, this sparrow has been roosting at night on the posts which support the awning over our side porch. Sometimes he is on one side and sometimes he is on the other. He is there by the time I get home from work at night, and he is still there in the morning when my son leaves for school. He disappears during the day and then reappears again in the evening. I feel sorry for him out there. He looks so cold. I don't know of much to do for him though. He used to fly away whenever we went in and out of that door, but lately he has just been staying put. I guess he has decided that the cold is more of a threat to him than we are. I wrote a haiku poem about him. Seeking Refuge Under the awning-- a huddled bird seeks refuge from winter's cold grasp .

Yesterday was the first "official" day of winter, but it has felt like winter here for quite some time. This little bird sought refuge from the cold air and brisk wind on top of the post that supports the awning over our back stoop. Even there, it didn't seem like a very warm spot for him to be. There is a bird house over here in my neighbor's yard. It doesn't look very warm over there either. It doesn't look like it is very well insulated and it is coated in ice. There are some rolls of wire fencing on top of their compost bin. Ice is covering it too, of course. I liked the way the sun shines through the fencing making the ice on it sparkle from this angle looking down through the middle of it. The weight of the ice that formed over the helicopter maple seeds still in the trees is making them fall to the ground. There are little clumps of these ice-covered seeds all over the top of the snow in our yard as a result. Landscape rocks out front are covered w...