He’s an Oystercatcher. They nest in the adjacent grassland. – Crispina Kemp

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I am a wader
and my plumage is striking
there’s mud, grass, water
as I’m looking for mussels
since my brood is quite near here

~Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.~

it had been early
and it was still very dark
there was a warning
screech, alarm, I was on it
but everything had been fine

– Rabindranath Tagore

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For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday invites us to write a Tanka Puente.
Her suggested/optional theme is light versus dark.

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #094

TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 72, Tanka Puente, 7/7/26