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SHYPOKE

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Green Heron (immature)


Raised on a ranch
In the Tules
Among the Redwings
That strafe its Great
Blue cousins
On long stalks
From tadpoles
To bird eggs,

Just out of the nest
Shypoke waits
On a dragonfly.

Posted by John Dofflemyer on June 24, 2006 10:56 AM |

Comments

in case you were wondering

Posted by: Peter Thorsness | May 6, 2007 10:15 AM

Just wondering...when I was a farm girl in southwestern Minnesota, there were long-legged birds called Shypokes. Can not find them in bird books, but this one of yours must be it. Are they still around? (I was a girl way back...during the 40's.)

Posted by: Marky Thorsness | May 6, 2007 10:25 AM

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Posted by: Webmaster | March 5, 2009 8:41 AM

ACTUALLY THE SHYPOKE IS A GREAT BLUE HERON,I LIVE IN ST CLOUD AREA AND THERE WAS A HUGE ROOKERY ON THE SAUK RIVER BY COLD SPRING

Posted by: ANDY | March 10, 2009 8:02 AM

shypokes real name is an americian bitteren it is not a blue heron

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