Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus

(L 23" WS 35" Wt 1.3 lb)

Female bill is longer and less curved
except at the more-curved tip

...in comparison to the male.

The Cloisters

Morro Bay, CA

10Oct2012

The curlew cries at end of passing day

His cries can wake the whole village for sure

Is he that mournful he must wake us all

Why hasn‘t someone even offered a cure?

(Katherine Chandler)