Glossy Black Cockatoo

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.