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The Winter of our Discontent

10,000 Birds

Especially because my summer birds are gone. My friends with boats tell me of some great birds that are still around, of Ivory Gulls and Black-legged Kittewakes , of Arctic Terns and Dovkies. All great birds, and the Dovkies are not normally found in my corner of the Arctic, although they’ve been seen regularly this Fall.

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