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Spring Haiku #02

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White bird, yellow crest.

Hollow incubator nest.

Before hatchlings, rest.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in silhouette

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In Australia we call a lookout a “Cockatoo” named after these birds because they always post a lookout in strategic position to watch over the flock and alert them to potential danger.
Cockatoos walk the walk
they are smart and bold
they talk the talk
human or squawk
they are social and caring
for others in the flock
they live for decades
100 years they can clock