This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

December 16, 2013
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

I love blue eastern birdbirds. I love the way they lay claim to my birdhouses in early spring and guard them until it's time to start nesting. I love watching them raise their families through the summer, partly by feeding them the little green caterpillars who would otherwise decimate my kale.

But the bluebirds I most adore are those few who remain and flourish in frozen Iowa woods during the coldest months of the year. One such illuminated my soul today.

—Diane Porter

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