“The pine trees whispering, the gerons cry
The plover's passing wing, his lullaby”
Pauline Johnson (1861–1913) Canadian poet and performer
from The Camper
“Whoever invented the word ‘grace’ must have seen the wing-folding of the plover.”
— Aldo Leopold, book A Sand County Almanac
“May: Back from the Argentine”, p. 34-35.
A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "May: Back from the Argentine," "June: The Alder Fork," "July: Great Possessions," and "July: Prairie Birthday"
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