Kingfisher

Today's the day ………………………. to watch and wait

In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone

It was only where the spray fell from the fountain in the middle of the pond, that the water was kept from freezing.  That was where the kingfisher was keeping his beady eye firmly fixed.

That was his only hope for a bite of supper before darkness fell …………...