In May the paths into the dunes
are roped off from foot traffic
because the birds amass to breed.
You can watch them through binoculars
from the edge of a parking lot,
white invisible deltas that drop
and glint, cataractic floaters
against the sun rising from the sea
or fluttering midday from nests
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