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a chubby ground bird that would rather sprint than fly anywhere serious
flight styleexplosive, loud, brief — then back to the ground
pear treethe carol's lonely first gift, repeated twelve times
ground nesterslay up to 20 eggs in shallow scrapes
name originGreek for the bird's whirring, farting takeoff sound
camouflagemottled feathers vanish them into dirt and stubble