Art on the Wing

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 Art on the Wing


After the bleak, colors like no other

Grosbeak’s red rose

Goldfinch’s yellow flash

Oriole’s winged sun

Hummer’s emerald coat and ruby throat

A rare mountain bluebird’s glistening turquoise

Grackle’s blue-black

Blackbird’s red wings

Wood duck’s stunning masterpiece

More winged art every spring day

All joining the blue and red year-rounders, jays and cardinals

And all in an explosion of new leaf life

So green you can almost taste it

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