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Flight Clues
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From my perch high in a 200-foot-tall Douglas-fir, I listen to the lone chord of a Varied Thrush sugaring upwards from the understory. Chip chip chip calls signal a flock of Red Crossbills rippling through the mid-canopy. Close by, a Pacific-slope Fl

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