Day 73
Warm Weather: Bug Bother
A step through the bunch grass
Stepping from the grasshopper
Waving away the gnats
Stopping to bother the June Bug
Who stands head down at foot’s intrusion
We laugh and leave it be, stepping back
at a flurry of wings:
we’ve frightened the flicker
awaiting his chance
at those crawling and hopping
ground bugs.
Northern Flicker Woodpecker
Did you know they eat mostly ants and beetles, so you might scare them up from the ground while you are hiking?
digital illustration by Sheri
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Geeky Gramma ~~
Retired Middle School Language Arts/Media Teacher ~~
Writer and Thinker~~
Art from the Heart