CONTENTS
Foreword, i
With Gratitude, v
A Few Notes About the Bird Notes, vii
The Words, David Wagoner, ix
WATERFOWL | DUCKS | GEESE | SWANS
BUFFLEHEAD - BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA, 2
Thirteen Seconds in Heaven, Sandra Yannone, 3
COMMON GOLDENEYE - BUCEPHALA CLANGULA, 4
The Whistlers, Cheryl Waitkevich, 5
CANADA GOOSE - BRANTA CANADENSIS, 6
Dear Canada Goose, Mateo Acu±a-Bracken, 7
CINNAMON TEAL - ANAS CYANOPTERA, 8
Mother Ship, Constance Sidles, 9
COMMON MERGANSER - MERGUS MERGANSER, 10
Mergansers in the Narrow Valley of Merging Rivers,
Laura Da, 11
HARLEQUIN DUCK - HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS, 14
Ode to the Harlequin Duck, KateLynn Hibbard, 15
MALLARD - ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS, 16
Leaving, Oliver de la Paz, 17
NORTHERN SHOVELER - SPATULA CLYPEATA, 18
Kiss Me Like a Shoveler..., Elizabeth Bradfield, 19
RING-NECKED DUCK - AYTHYA COLLARIS, 20
Every Other Duck on the Pond, Deborah Bacharach, 21
SNOW GOOSE - ANSER CAERULESCENS, 22
Snow Geese, Renee E. Simms, 23
TRUMPETER SWAN - CYGNUS BUCCINATOR, 24
The Swans of Shadow Lake, Brian Turner, 25
WOOD DUCK - AIX SPONSA, 28
Wood Duck at Wapato Park, Showing Out, Robert Lashley, 29
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS | LOONS | GREBES |
CORMORANTS | PELICANS | HERONS
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN - PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS, 32
Spreading Ashes, Sarah Stockton, 33
BROWN PELICAN - PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS CALIFORNICUS, 34
Footprints Erased with Each Wave, Peggy Shumaker, 35
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON - NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX, 36
Remembering the Black-Crowned Night Heron,
Cindy Veach, 37
CALIFORNIA QUAIL - CALLIPEPLA CALIFORNICA, 38
Quail Without a Covey, Kathleen Flenniken, 39
COMMON LOON - GAVIA IMMER, 40
Psalm of the Loon, Pamela Moore Dionne, 41
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - PHALACROCORAX AURITUS, 42
Warriors of the Storm, C. Hunter Davis, 43
GREAT BLUE HERON - ARDEA HERODIAS, 44
Early Morning Song for a Great Blue Heron,
Claudia Castro Luna, 45
GREEN HERON - BUTORIDES VIRESCENS, 48
Pair of Greens, Scot Siegel, 49
WESTERN GREBE - AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS, 50
Mating Display, Bethany Reid, 51
VULTURES | EAGLES & HAWKS | RAILS | COOTS | CRANES
AMERICAN COOT - FULICA AMERICANA, 54
[fulica americana: do you turn your head towards or
against this critical mass we are a part of?],
Jasmin© Elizabeth Smith, 55
BALD EAGLE - HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS, 56
The Bald Eagles of Seward Park, Martha Silano, 57
COOPER'S HAWK - ACCIPITER COOPERII, 60
Homecoming , Jenny George, 61
OSPREY - PANDION HALIAETUS, 62
Osprey's Duet, Anya Kirshbaum, 63
RED-TAILED HAWK - BUTEO JAMAICENSIS, 64
Through the Valleys, Major Jackson, 65
SANDHILL CRANE - ANTIGONE CANADENSIS, 66
Dear Sandhill Crane, Susan Landgraf, 67
SORA - PORZANA CAROLINA, 68
On the Boardwalk, Mary Ellen Talley, 69
TURKEY VULTURE - CATHARTES AURA, 70
Scavengers, Mulch Morwell, 71
SHOREBIRDS
BLACK OYSTERCATCHER - HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI, 74
After Leaving, a Name, Jane Wong, 75
DUNLIN - CALIDRIS ALPINA, 76
Dunlins, Michael Daley, 77
GREATER YELLOWLEGS - TRINGA MELANOLEUCA, 78
All About Me, the Greater Yellowlegs, Student collaboration
by five youths at Seattle Children's, 79
KILLDEER - CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS, 80
No Deer Were Injured in the Writing of this Poem,
Kelli Russell Agodon, 81
