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.