Whooping Crane
White wings, wild wetlands, loud whoops
White wings, wild wetlands, loud whoops
The banjo-voiced frog of pond edges
Spots, folds, and a springtime snore
Born for snow, built for the boreal
Tail-grip nectar sipper of the canopy
Built for drought, powered by rain
Needle-nosed, armor-scaled survivor
Forest elephant of the Ice Age
Underwool-cloaked guardians of the tundra
Years belowground, weeks in the spotlight
Plant the forest-one flight at a time
Mask of the prairie-dog towns
Shaggy scavenger of the Kalahari
Scarlet skies, rainforest voice.
The swamp's silent shoe-billed hunter
Palmate antlers, spotted summer style
The canid that climbs like a cat
Builders of the grassland underground
Flag the tail, vanish into the woods
Bright stripes, master basker.
Built for cliffs. Made for cold.
Kangaroos that took to the trees
Square-faced hunter of the high plateau
Nature's night-shift carrion recycler
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