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55Poem: Spring Real Estate
Spring Real Estate Here is a house, dear robin. the floor and walls are strong. It's safe from wind and snug from rain and yours for just a song.
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49Poem: Needle Beak
Needle Beak Silk from spider, string (sometimes red), grass from a meadow-- all make the thread that tailorbird stitches into a bed.
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52Poem: Those Sociable Weavers
Those Sociable Weavers Using grass and leaves and twigs, weaverbirds build fancy digs- a common roof, with knots and laces tied to separate condo spaces. Weaverbirds are generous, kind. For instance, they...
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52Poem: Water Wings
Water Wings On Their flippery dippery wings penguins fly through watersky.
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54Poem: What's That Sound ?
What's That Sound ? a scraping chair, a whistling train, a fire bell, an aeroplane, a clock alarm, a fence of crows, a goose, a gong, a blowing nose . . . Australian lyrebird can sing to sound like almost...
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53Poem: Don't Even Ask
Don't Even Ask The stately secretary bird won't sort your mail, won't type a word. Won't take your coat. Won't hang your hat. Won't answer phones. And that is that.
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53Poem: Shrewd
Shrewd Elf owl watches poor woodpecker work pecking a hole in a saguao. Not one bit embarrassed at being a shirker, she'll make it her nest by tomorrow!
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54Poem: Show Bird
Show Bird Blue-footed booby, do be a dear, do a high-step your blue feet. Do a dive off the pier. Do show off your skills as a catcher of fish. Do whistle. Do waddle. Then-- do what you wish.
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61Poem: Water Sprite
Water Sprite The dipper splashes, swims,and sprays. In waterfalls it spends it days. I wonder- if this bird could wish, would it prefer to be a fish?
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67Poem: Goldfinch
Goldfinch Soaring up. Swooping down. hooping happy round and round. Looping is the flight prefered by this roller-coaster bird.
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