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Today has been a day of seeing birds playing. Chickadees chasing one another from branch to branch. Blue jays chasing one another from tree to tree. Mourning doves playing tag as they shuffle through the fallen leaves. A seagull picking something up in its beak, flying up, dropping it, and diving to catch it before it’s lost entirely…or miss it and watch the thing fall into the water, then go find something else and start again. Crows being crows, who are always playing tricks on everyone (we love them for it). And a hawk…but he was too serious to play.

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