Birds -A poem for Helen by John Lightbody- January 25th 1993 -Perth Scotland.

1)A wagtail black and white in a green apple tree.
2) A pair of blackbirds out in the rain.
3)A thrush on the tree branch in the drive.
4)A wild duck coming out  of the big puddle b y the road where the tree blew down.
5)A sandpiper calling high up
6)Pheasants
7) A partridge
8) a blue tit at the new nesting box
9)A bullfinch among the snowdrops.
10)A robin who does not live here.
11)Gulls on the field
12)Peewits ditto
13)Two snipe flying with long darning needle bills.
14)A woodpecker drilling in the wood above the road.
15)Two fieldfares with blue heads. I think
16)Woodpigeons observed by the ruined doo'cote
17)Crows flying    
                                     all singing
                             and making a great to do
                for its spring whatever the calendar says.

Scone Perth
January 25th 1993 ( Burn's night)
A poem for Helen

John