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today i was running up the stairs to the doctor’s office and out the second story window… hello, bird friends!

they were flying in the wind right alongside. it felt rhythmic. in time. precise. one of those moments where you’re right where you’re supposed to be and you actually stop and feel it (and take its picture).

i love that.

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as i mentioned yesterday, the other morning, i was hard at work at my desk, which looks out into my small backyard. suddenly i saw a fast rush of birds. like birds everywhere flitting about. i grabbed my camera and started clicking away, sure i was capturing some kind of usual sparrow and finch frenzy.

once i was able to focus, i saw the band of cedar waxwings. a whole pretty flock. they were here just a minute and then off they went.

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frenzy. in my head. the busy = the frenzy.

but while i workworkwork, i’m trying to enjoy the autumn bird frenzy. yesterday, within a 30-minute period, i saw the following in my backyard:

flicker waxwings sparrows mocking juncos finches starlings jay phoebe warbler (aka yellow beard)

total dreaminess.

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last night i saw a flock of bluebirds (bluebirds!) gliding across the soccer field. what am i cinderella?

we have no bluebirds here. at least i never see them.

and they were so friendly, coming close and stopping in to stare. maybe they are here for the transition. just going with the flow. something i aim to to every day. go with the flow. stop fighting and go.

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