The Birds
The suet block brings in the clinging birds: the downy woodpecker and its larger cousin (whose name I will have to look up, ah, the red-headed woodpecker, that's who it is, see above) and, biggest of all, the pileated, with its look of the primeval and its distinctive red crest.
Now that I work indoors, I stay as close to the deck as possible, and with the bird feeder moved to where I can see it, my days are punctuated more than they should be by staring at these beautiful creatures.
Out there, a pandemic rages. But in the backyard, it's just the eternal struggle to keep body and soul (in this case, tiny feathered soul) together.
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