Nuthatch,
Nuthatch,
Up,
Down,
Side to side,
Creeping
On
The
V
E
R
T
I
C
A
L.
Oh your busy!
Like the grammar police,
(Of who I am one)
Picking at every bug
Nestled in that bark,
Certainly none the worse
(the bark, that is)
For your
Tree-saving
Bite.
©2022 Bob Mason
Up close and personal, I witnessed a White-breasted Nuthatch busily scurrying up and down a scaly pine the other day. This morning I awakened with it scurrying around my head until these words came out.
I can think of no more appropriate couple to whom to dedicate this offering than Dr. Steve and Janice Nelson. If you know, you know.
