I wade through shallow wetlands on spindly legs hunting spring frogs, but at a skyscraper construction site, my steel namesake hoists girders into the sky. What am I?
A crane
A 'crane' is a tall, long-necked wading bird as well as a large machine equipped with cables and pulleys for lifting heavy loads.
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