The California condor spreads her wings

Impressive sight to see on cliff so high

Takes off in flight not knowing joy she brings

A graceful beauty soaring through the sky

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This lovely black and white bird's eyesight's keen

To scavenge fifteen thousand feet below

Her wingspan's quite unlike I've ever seen

A dinosaur descendant, that I know

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I gaze in wonder at our largest bird

So rare, few hundred are all that we've got

They're known as awesome parents, so I've heard

These New World vultures, I respect a lot

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If you see one, perhaps at local zoo

Admire this creature, as I always do

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A/N: This was my first English sonnet (also called Shakespearean sonnet.) It consists of three quatrains and a couplet, and the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.