“He skims at dusk, slicing the water's skin, and never once looks down.”
A Night bird of The Tidewing
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A black skimmer who fishes by flying low with his lower beak in the water — the only bird that does. His lower mandible is longer than the upper, a built-in trawling net.
He skims at dusk, slicing the water's skin, and never once looks down. The water parts for him like it was expecting him.
The tide flats are shifting. He is learning the new channels by feel.
“At dusk the skimmer sliced his usual channel and something pale brushed his lower beak — lighter than foam, softer than spray. He did not look down; he never looks down. The egret, dancing nearby, went still for a full minute, which those who know her say she never does. By morning the tide had taken it back.”
The tide brought something white to the skimmer's flat. He did not look down.
Seabirds, waders, and divers: albatrosses, puffins, penguins, kingfishers, and cranes — the flock that belongs to the water’s edge and the open ocean.
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