“The young do not know
enough to be prudent,
and therefore
they attempt the impossible —
and achieve it,
generation after generation.”
— Pearl S. Buck
searching the unknown
unrealized possibilities
beginning of growth
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Immature Ibis uses long, downcurved beak in search of dinner prey • Photo by Jan Logozzo • “Juvenile” haiku by Mary O’Connor
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