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glimmer/ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)/ /ˈɡlɪmɚ/
A faint light; a dim glow.

nests/nɛsts/
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

red-tailed hawks/ˌrɛd ˈteɪld hɔks/ /ˌrɛd ˈteɪld hɑks/
Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

archives/ˈɑːrkaɪvz/ /ˈɑːrkɪvz/
Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.

sleep/sliːp/ /slip/
A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.

she-oaks/ʃiːoʊks/
Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia.

slippery elms/ˈslɪpəri ˈɛlmz/
Ulmus rubra, a North American elm tree with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.

ship rat/ˈʃɪp ˌræt/
A common species of rat, Rattus rattus.

celandine/ˈsɛləndaɪn/ /ˈsɛlənˌdiːn/
Either of two unrelated flowering plants:

stigmatic/stɪɡˈmætɪk/ /sɪɡˈmætɪk/
One who has been marked or deformed by nature.