Willet*

Tringa semipalmata

(L 15" WS 26" Wt 8 oz)

Nearly vanished in northern No.
Amer by 1900...were saved by the
Migratory Bird Treaty of 1918..

*formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

LittleTalbot Island
State Park

near Jacksonville, FL

02Feb2012

Oh little willet

looking so lonely

standing in the whistling wind

chirping so lovingly

waiting in the sparkling grass

feathers as soft as spring clouds

waiting for a friend

oh little willet

waiting in the marsh

(Elisabeth, Grade 3)

Coconut Beach, near Melbourne, FL

06Feb2014