A beautiful bird is the bullfinch <br />Though a fine song he does not have to sing <br />By the poets not one celebrated <br />As a voice of the Northern Spring. <br /> <br />With pink breast and slate blue back and dark head <br />More handsome to look at than his plainer wife <br />The bullfinch is a faithful fellow <br />He stays with his female for life. <br /> <br />Bullfinches with orchardists not popular <br />Since in Spring the blossoms on fruit trees they eat <br />The blooms on the apple tree branches <br />To their taste buds do taste very sweet. <br /> <br />In Winter one sees them in small flocks <br />On hedgerows and woods they reside <br />Non migratory they are sedentary <br />They live their lives in their own Countryside.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bullfinch-2/
