Glossy Black Cockatoo
By Declan H
Smallest of all black
Cockatoos.
Endangered bird.
Feathers painted.
Tail of blood.
Neck like a sunflower.
Claws, beak dark gray.
Break your finger.
Eats seedpods.
Nests treasure hollows.
Partners up,
together for ever.
Nestlings
Father does all the work.
It swerves left and right
to land on a branch.
The indigenous people
trust the bird.
When they hear the bird call out.
It will rain.