Birds: The Wagtail

The wagtail hops out of our hedge
It lives some whare amongst the tangled branches of the hedge
Its tail wags as it moves across the lawn
In fact, the tail never stops wagging
Carefully picking it way past the food left for other birds
Cake and bread crumbs, birdseed
All welcome by our other visitors
It pecks at selected items
Moving across to the path
Nothing that we can see
It picks up some invisible (to us humans)
Discarded by the other bird as insignificant 
What does it find to eat?

Wild Rose
Jan 2020

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I have many birds that stayed in the Michigan Winter. I believe people feed them. No food or worms for them. A wonderful poem shared dear Wild Rose.
Coyote

[Wild Rose]

Thank Coyote
We live in a small housing development (as they now call them) we have hedges around the garden
And we attempt to keep the cats out
We feed them all sorts of food > When we empty the composting bin we find several slugs which we put out in the open > Two minutes & the blackbird gobble them up; they follow as we spred the compost for worms, beetles and such things > Party time for them

[Coyote Poetry]

Same here in Michigan. Many people love the birds. You are welcome dear friend.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

When I was young we used to have a lot of sparrows and willy wagtails in the suburbs I loved them all and the bluebirds
Love your poem so descriptive!

[Wild Rose]

Thank you I intend expanding the 'Birds' to cover all our garden birds

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Great sounds like a plan

[Wild Rose]

We are attempting to keep neighbours cats of out
Over Christmas they got bits of cheese - Christmas cake crumps & turkey skin cut into small bits

10 Blackbirds yesterday > A record for us

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Wow Sounds great do you get the parrots and white wild cockatoos we do

[Wild Rose]

No such exotic birds > its too cold here
Over on the lakes we have Geese from the north over wintering > many of our birds migrate south for winter
We watch for the geese > Flying south colder weather on its way
Flying north it is going to get warmer

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Ok cool 😎 I’ll post some cockatoo pics up or email them

[DIVYA]

It’s a wonder indeed. What the bird finds with its microscopic eye. But surely an advantage in the game of survival in the harsh winter out there. You have documented it beautifully. Thanks for the unique view from your window.

[Wild Rose]

I have watched and wondered 'What DO they find to eat?
They go around where the other birds (Look to) have picked it clean

[DIVYA]

Maybe some very tiny specks of food tat our eyes cannot discern...