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Monday Morning Mystery 0629
This Monday Morning Mystery is brought to you by Sally Teschon, a friend of this blog.
What species of bird is this?
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Click "Continue reading…" for the biggest clue you'll ever get. Really.
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luv the poem am keeping for kids at school
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Great poem!
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Love those babies!
Nice poem Tom! -
A PALTRY PIECE OF PECKER POETRY
At first I thought downy,
looking pretty clowny.
Then I thought Hairy,
looking not too scary.
But then the trace of mohawk,
looking not much like Ethan Hawke–
Started me to thinking Red Belly–
Even before peeking at the clue so cute,
made the mystery not even moot.
TB
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sally teschon
luv the poem am keeping for kids at school
Jim Wright
Great poem!
Carol Flanagan
Love those babies!
Nice poem Tom!
Tom Burr
A PALTRY PIECE OF PECKER POETRY
At first I thought downy,
looking pretty clowny.
Then I thought Hairy,
looking not too scary.
But then the trace of mohawk,
looking not much like Ethan Hawke–
Started me to thinking Red Belly–
Even before peeking at the clue so cute,
made the mystery not even moot.
TB