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Defenders—rise up

lift this feeling

for Cormorant and Gull

Sandpiper and Dipper

Petrel Shearwater Grebe

and Bittern and Egret

Great Blue Heron

Kestrel and Killdeer

lift this feeling

for Wood Duck and

American Wigeon the

Scaup Elder Harlequin

and Hooded Merganser

Stellar’s Jay and Hutton’s

Vireo lift this feeling

for Spruce and

Sage Grouse Rock

Ptarmigan and Yellow

Warbler for the living

web lift Bald Eagle Raven

Barn Owl—rise up

Flicker Harrier Towhee

and Thrush—lift this

feeling for the freshets

for the forms loving flight