Taxostoma curvirostre

Curve-billed thrasher
Carol Campbell

 

 

Two

 

          Curved bills

 

          Obvious, silhouettes

 

Two

 

          Atop, amid, Yucca

 

          Flowers, grow

 

Two

 

          Square tails, edges

 

          Glow, first light engulfs

 

Two

 

          Tails with tips aglow

 

          Curve bills clicking, cooing each other

 

Two

 

          Whit-wheet! Whit-Wheet!

 

          One brown bird, then another

 

Two

 

           Descend to the ground, cover

 

           Kick debris, heads tilt

 

Two

 

           Curved bills

 

           Obscure, thrashing

 

 

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Carol Campbell is an associate professor of Geography at New Mexico State University. She is an avian bio-geographer who explores bird communities, biodiverity and habitat relationships, while practicing environmentalism and acting as a voice in support of migratory birds in southern New Mexico.