Curlews have become a rare sight, their numbers plummeting by 50% in 15 years.

杓鷸的数量在十五年间锐减50%，变得越发罕见。

All day the curlews and killdeers and sandpipers chirped and sang in the creek bottoms.

一整天，麻鹬、猎鹿和鹬在溪底叽叽喳喳地叫着。

They are Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Sora, Grasshopper Sparrows, Blackpoll Warblers, Long-billed Curlews.

它们是玫瑰胸鹦鹉、索拉、蚱蜢麻雀、黑嘴莺、长嘴卷曲鹦鹉。

They could hear the curlew whistling and the plover calling amid that monotonous plash of the waves that murmured all around the coast.

沙滩四周，海浪单调如一的拍打声碎细呢喃，莱维德和希拉甚至还能听到麻鹬的鸣啾，偶然夹杂凤头麦鸡的求偶声。

When the curlews wheel, high in the sky, we are despondent, for they are called the dry-weather birds, and the circling flocks indicate that the fall rains are a long time away.

当麻鹬在高空盘旋时，我们很沮丧，因为它们被称为旱鸟，而盘旋的鸟群表明秋天的雨水已经很久了。

I see them pass, I hear the calls of those that are articulate, such as the great bittern and the curlew, but I know from books only a few details of their living.

我看到它们经过，我听到那些能说会道的动物的叫声，比如大麻雀和麻鹬，但我从书本上只知道它们生活的一些细节。