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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

10,000 Birds

The farm boy hears thy tender voice, And visions come of crystal days, With sugar-camps in maple ways, And scenes that make his heart rejoice. He is happy the bluebird has returned and he hopes that it will nest by his house in “Downy’s cell,&# that is, the abandoned hole of a Downy Woodpecker. Wicked, right?

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Kermie

Animal Person

South Florida is home to the most racetracks and Greyhound farms and trainers in the country, and you can’t turn on the radio or the television without encountering a commercial for the tracks. When I informed Dave of what Emily and I were doing, he reminded me that some frogs are fatally poisonous to cats. Translation?