Great Blue Heron Poem

As I looked up at the blue/gray sky
I saw a bill as bright as the sun
A face as white as the snow
A neck that was like a curvy road
And legs that extended out like pine trees in the forest
Then it dove down
On the lime marshy green grass fields
From here I could see everything
It’s dagger-like bill
And two-Oreo colored lines that crossed its crown
His forehead was streaked with the pattern of a jail suit
It’s marble sized eyes focused on the ground
It was ready to attack
Then it’s bill stabbed right through a mouse
I watched in astonishment
As it reached for the sky

Juanita

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El Poema del la Garza Ceniza

Mire hacía el cielo azul/gris
Vi un pico que era brillante como el sol
Una cara tan blanca como la nieve
Un cuello que se parecia a una carretera con curvas
Sus piernas se extendian como los pinos en la sierra
Vuelo hacia la tierra
Ateriso en el pantano color limon
Desde aqui yo podia ver
Su pico que era como un estilete
Dos lineas color-oreo en su didema
Y su frente estaba rayada como un traje de la carcel
Sus ojos de canica se enfocaban al pieso
Estaba listo para atacar
Y luego su pico apunalo a una rata
Me quede asombrada
Cuando vuelo hacia el cielo

Juanita

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Canada Goose

Knowledgeable of the blue heaven,
Happy mornings with fabulous song,
You make the sadness disappear,
Beautiful feathers make the sky shine more,
Leaving peace, love around the world and in people’s hearts,
We are thankful for the happiness you bring.

Alex

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ganso canadiense

Conocedor de el cielo,
Alegrador de las mañanas con tu alegre canto,
Haces que la tristeza desaparesca,
Tus bellas plumas hacen, el resplandor del cielo brille mas,
Dejando paz, amor en el mundo y en el corazon de las personas,
Por eso te gradecemos la felicidad que nos brindas

Alex

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Dark-eyed Junco

Dark eyed Juncos, have pale bills
Lots of feathers to fly over mills
Dark eyes
Yellow eyes
Small eyes
Round eyes
Dark eye Juncos, whitish bellies
Can’t eat jellies
Tail is dark
Juncos stand on bark
Feed mostly on the ground
Bellies are round
Bottom of their feathers are white
Can travel at night or in the light
Not afraid of heights
Sometimes walk
Just like hawks.

Yolanda

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Los Carbonero Apizarrados

Los picos palidos
Mucho plumas para volar sobre los molinos
Ojos oscuros
Ojos amarillos
Ojos redondos
Ojos peqenos
Los carbonero apizarrados, estómagos blanco
Y no se pueden comer gelatina
La cola de ellos esta oscura
Estan parados en sima de corteza
Comen mas en el suelo
Estómagos son redondos
Fondo de las plumas es blanco
Ellos pueden viajar en la noche o en la luz
No tienen miedo de la altura
Alguna veces ellos se ponen a caminar
Como los ave de presa

Yolanda

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Bald Eagle

Massive head
We don’t want these birds dead
Very large
They like to take charge
Eats mostly fish
Eats birds
Eats some mammals like rabbits
That’s just their habit
Eagles have a piercing scream
I don’t know if eagles can have dreams
These birds are dark
Eagles have Federal Protection

Yolanda

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Aguilas

La cabeza es macisa
No necesitamos estos pájaros muertos
Estan muy grande
Les gustan a mandar
Comen pescado
Comen pájaros
Comen mamifero como los conejos
Eso es su hábito
´Aguilas tienen un grito penetrante
No sabo se los águilas tienen sueños
Estos pájaros estan oscuros
Aguilas tienen Protección Federal

Yolanda

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The Bird of the Night

During the dark night
In the wooded swamps
There's a special tree
Living there, between the leaves,
There's a small and innocent creature.
It's small with short legs and a short neck
It' s plumage its brown
With white spot like the snow,
It's a bird, a bird of the night
It's the Black Night Heron.
He's waiting in his nest, ancious
He's waiting for something to eat,
It might be insects, lizards, fish or worms.
There, it is, a grasshopper
Jumping and singing at a time.
The Heron hear that
Quiet and calm he stays
Little by little he left his nest
Flying and flying after the grasshopper,
Trying to catch him.
He gave up and sad,
He came back to his nest.
To his surprise there was the dinner
Waiting for him.

Carmen

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El Pájaro de la Noche

Durante la noche oscura
En el pantano árbolado
Hay un árbol especial
Viviendo entre sus hojas
Una pequeña creatura inocente.
Es pequeño con patas cortas
Con un cello corto
Su plumage es café
Con manchas blancas como la nieve
Es un pájaro, pájaro de la noche
Es un Pedrete Gris, vividor de la noche.
Él espera en su nido con anciedad
Espera encontrar algo para cenar
Talvez sería insectos, lagartos
Pescados o gusanos.
Allí, esta, un chapulín
Cantando y saltando a la vez.
El Pedrete al escuchar
Silencioso se quedo
Poco apoco se alejo de su nido
Volando y volando detrás del chapulín
Tratando de atraparlo.Triste y vencido regreso a su nido
Cual sería la sorpresa que al llegar
Estaba la cena.

Carmen

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Great Egret

The nature of the divine life.
Like the country and the air
That we breath thanks to everyone, the
Birds and the ocean exist.
Like the creation of the pretty great egret
That was made from nature
He is distinctive for his great colors
And from other egrets
His beautiful yellow bill, that illuminates
Like the sunshine. His legs and
Feet so perfect and black, like the night with
Out stars. That great egret that is flying
With white plumage. And that’s why we know it,
As the great egret.

Margarita

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Garzón Blanco

La naturaleza de la divina vida, como
El campo y el aire que respiras.
Gracias a todos, existen las aves y el mar.
Como la creación del hermoso
Garzón blanco que fue criado de la divina
Naturaleza, que es distinguido
Por su gran color. Y por otros garzónes mas
Su hermoso pico amarilloso, que
Illumina como el sol mas esplandorozo y sus
Patas tan hermosas y negras, que es
Como la noche sin estrellas. A quel garzón blanco
Que va volando, con aquel plumaje
Tan blanco, y es por eso que se reconose como
El Garzón Blanco.

Margarita

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LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE

See my loggerhead Shrike,
As its soars threw the sky,
With the black hooked bill
That catches your eye,
To feed their downy, both male
And female rush to their side,
Face black masked body white,
Black, gray color as you see it fly,
Slim tail large head,
Eating small mammals, reptiles, and insects,
Traveling from south central Canada
To south Mexico,
In the endangered species list
They’re starting to go.

Juan

EL VERDUGO AMERICANO

Volando, se la pasa mi Verdugo Americano,
Clase de pájaro cancionero,
7-9 pulgadas de largo,
comida reptiles y anfibios chicos,
habitat lugares abiertos con pasto,
color gris,negro y blanco,
cola delgada,
pico ganchudo y mascara negra,
la hembra incuba los huevos durante16 días,
y el macho la alimenta.

Juan

The Proud Ring-billed Gull

The Ring-billed gull has white underpants
Yellow legs and feet including under wings
Big, pale grayish upper wings
Pale eyes with red orbital ring
Yellow bill with black sub terminal band
Nesting is not too long it just includes 21
The young stay around the nest for 35
And they are fed by both of us
We feed them with insects, fish, grain and rodents
Active in gathering food, stealing food from other birds
Sometimes also go for a swim in the lake
After all my high-pitched repeated hiyak, hiyak is my Pride!

Mirela