December Starlings

Ahh! My speckled friends
I suspect that you expect
Me to feed you seed

 

Happy gardener
Winter grass aeriated
By your busy beaks

 

The starling posse
Thirty strong. Run for your lives
Earthworms and beetles!

Alternative:

The starling posse
Thirty strong. Running to ground
Earthworms and beetles

December Weekend

Rain on horizon
Sunrise! Apple red where trees
Of starlings chatter

Flat field flooded now
A boating lake for seabirds
Feather flotilla

Red gape scrapes at seeds
Window feeder mealworm treats
Starling beaks clatter