goldenwing

Updated: May 5, 2025

But the big, clumsy woodpecker merely slid one side a little, to avoid the onslaught, and calmly went on dressing his feathers as if no small flycatcher existed. This indifference did not please the olive-sided, but he alighted on a branch below and bided his time; it came soon, when the goldenwing took flight, and he came down upon him like a kingbird on a crow.

Olive Thorne Miller - Upon The Tree-Tops

In the goldenwing family as perhaps not every one knows a repast is not over with one poke into an open bill; it is a far more serious affair indeed.

Olive Thorne Miller - Upon The Tree-Tops