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January 31, 2010

House Sparrows

Above: Male and female House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) breeding in Old Salem, North Carolina.

http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/thread/136661.aspx

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January 20, 2010

Redhead

Above: Redhead (Aythya americana) drake in non-breeding plumage near Jackson, Wyoming. Sept 17th, 2006. From July - September, Redhead drakes exhibit non-breeding plumage when the black breast feathers are noticeably absent.

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Sitting Ducks

Above: Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) duck (female).

I dropped off Jennifer for her piano lesson and, seeing as I had about a half an hour to kill, I went down and shot some ducks on Bear Creek. The light was too dim, plus I had the Image Stabilization set on Mode 2, which is a nice effect when it works properly. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough light to accomplish the trick I was going for. So, here are some photos of ducks, but they're nothing special. I present them mainly for identification purposes.

Above: Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) drake.

Above: Breeding pair of Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus).

Above: Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) drake.

Above: Breeding pair of Common Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula).

Above: Breeding pair of Common Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula).

http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/135313/ShowThread.aspx#135313

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January 14, 2010

Blue Jay

Above: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) in Ken Caryl Canyon, near Littleton, Colorado.

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American Kestrel (Female)

Above: Female American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) near Littleton, Colorado.

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American Kestrel (Male)

Above: Male American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) near Lakewood, Colorado.

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Hooded Merganser

Above: Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) drake near Lakewood, Colorado.

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January 13, 2010

American Kestrel

Above: I spotted this American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) this morning near Morrison, Colorado. I've tentatively identified it as a female due to multiple black bands across the tail. Update from: WhatBird.com - She's a she:

"This is a female. Note the blurry rufous chest barring vs. definite black chest spots." and "The more obvious mark is that the male has blue wings rather than the black striped rufous ones on these birds. Also, along with the difference in the markings on the underside, the back of the male lacks the stripes, and instead has more sparse black chevrons near the rear of his back."

Previous American Kestrel photo.

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January 10, 2010

Carolina Wren

Above: Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) near Madison, MS.

http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/133705/ShowThread.aspx#133705

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Carolina Chickadee

Above: Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis) near Madison, MS.

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Golden-crowned Kinglet

Female Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) near Madison, MS.

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Wood Thrush

Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) near Madison, MS.

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) near Madison, MS.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Above: Female Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) near Madison, MS.

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Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) near Madison, MS.

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Wood Duck

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) in Jackson, MS.

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Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) in Madison, MS.

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Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) flying above the Pearl River near Jackson, MS.
http://www.whatbird.com/forums/forums/post/132897.aspx

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Red-tailed Hawk

Mature Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in Morrison, Colorado.

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December 25, 2009

Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)

So I was looking outside my window this morning and I saw this little grey bird with a dark eye patch fighting with another bird. Or so I thought. On closer inspection, I saw that he was actually eating the other bird, which appears to be a male house finch. I'm not surprised, really. There's not a lot of food up here in the winter time, or there doesn't appear to be, anyhow.

I couldn't really understand what was keeping the bird from falling. Couldn't see what was sustaining the weight of the bird as it was being devoured.

So I grabbed a stack of Colorado bird books and identified this carnivore as a Loggerhead Shrike, aka "Butcher Bird". It says that his feet aren't strong enough to hold his prey, and they're known to skewer their meals on barbed wire, thorns, anything to keep it suspended while they devour their prey. And sure enough, I went out to investigate and discovered that he'd skewered the bird to the scrub oaks.

Update: I had initially identified this bird at a Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus). After posting to Whatbird.com, I've been corrected. The bird is actually a Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor), which I caught by chance at the very southern end of their range, in the dead of winter.

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December 20, 2009

Female Northern Harrier

Female Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) near Hill City, Kansas.

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September 3, 2009

Female Eclectus Parrot

A woman came into work today with this bird. I believe she said it was a female Eclectus Parrot.

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July 31, 2009

Rufous Hummingbird

Above: Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus),

Above: Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus),

Above: Female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus),

Above: Female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus),

Above: Female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus),

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July 15, 2009

One to One

Above: I finally mixed my sugar to water as a 1:1 ratio. As in, I dissolved 1 cup of sugar in 1 cup of boiling water. I used use 1 part sugar to 3 parts water. Or even 1:4 (gasp).

This is why I never had the full-on dog-fights over my feeders, but I finally clued in and now, it's standing room only at the feeders. Dangerous to go outside, even. I was so excited today when I saw the first Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus) on my feeder. I grabbed my camera and snapped a few pics, only to realize that my Rufous Hummingbird was actually just a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus platycercus).

Above: I shot this flower at Jeanelle's. No clue what it is.

Above: Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus platycercus) on Wendy's feeder.

Above: Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus) on Wendy's feeder.

Above: Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus) on Wendy's feeder.

Above: Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorous rufus) on Wendy's feeder.

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June 29, 2009

Swainson's Hawk

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) with light color morph soaring over a field near the hogback. Here's my post at whatbird.com. Granted, this photo isn't very good, but so far as I know, this is the first Swainson's Hawk I've ever seen. I used to assume that all the hawks I saw were Red-tailed Hawks. Now, when I see a bird overheard, I take a shot and then when I get home, I try to identify it.

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June 21, 2009

Cooper's Hawk

This is not a great photo, but this Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) flew over the house yesterday. Wendy pointed it out and I just assumed it was a Red-tailed Hawk. But upon closer inspection, I believe that it's a Cooper's Hawk. The long narrow tail gives it away as an accipiter. The rounded tail and the overall size mean it's a Cooper's as opposed to a Sharp-shinned Hawk.

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June 5, 2009

Daily Photos (Updated)

Finally, a photo of the Great Horned owlets with a parent in the nest for perspective.

Update: Haha. I'm sitting here drinking a beer and looking at my website and I looked at this photo again and I was like....Holy Sh1t, Batman...there's three baby owls in this photo. Apparently, their average clutch size is 2.3 owlets. So, in this case, we got 3. Haha. Cracks me up. I've been shooting these owlets for some time, and I suspected that there might be more than two, as, if you go back and look at some of the older photos, I did notice shapes that were hard to explain. But this is classic. Three baby owlets with a parent and all four of them looking into the frame. Luck counts. I'll take it.

The House Wren has laid yet another egg for a total of eight. She's been laying an egg a day now for as long as I can remember.

Jennifer checking one of the nests. We take the four wheeler because it's the easiest way to gain access to the nests. It's basically a rolling ladder. We just stand up on the game rack on the front.

Photos of the flowers at the local country club. No clue what they are. Update: Chick Voice points out that these are Lupines. Thanks CV.

More photos of the flowers at the local country club. No clue what they are. Update: Chick Voice points out that these are Pink Columbines. Thanks CV.

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June 3, 2009

Daily Bird Photos

The House Wren added yet another egg to her clutch. I have to think she'll stop laying eggs and start incubating them in the next day or so. Both Western Bluebird moms are incubating their eggs.

The owlets look a little dryer today than yesterday.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird on Mountain Lilac. Walking outside is pretty much like taking your life in your own hands. These things dogfight all day and they've buzzed me a few times which is pretty scary. They come buzzing about 12" from your face going about 30 mph. It's pretty intense.

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June 2, 2009

Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) on Mountain Lilac.

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Great Horned Owlets in a Rain Storm

I went down to check in on the owlets this morning. After the rain we got last night, I bet the owlets were wishing they had a roof. They're soaking wet in this photo. Parents were not in sight.

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Bluebird Trail - 23 eggs and counting

Bird House #1: (Not shown) None of the six Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) eggs/hatchlings survived. Not sure why.

Bird House #2: (Above) The House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) have added yet another egg to their nest, bringing the total to five pink eggs.

Bird House #3: (Above) Today, there were five Western Bluebird eggs, and we didn't see mom. So that makes me think that she was laying an egg when I spotted her on the nest yesterday, not incubating them. If this theory holds, then she may lay another egg today, or else begin incubation.

Bird House #4: (Not shown) Unoccupied.

Bird House #5: (Above) Still contains seven tiny white bird eggs. Species unknown. The mother is not incubating these eggs. This nest may have been abandoned.

Bird House #6: (Above) The mom Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) flushed from the nest when I pulled up today. She's incubating six little blue eggs.

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June 1, 2009

Bluebird Trail

Bird House #1: (Above) The sole survivors of the Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli) brood is hanging in there like a hair in a biscuit.

Bird House #2: (Above) The House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) have added another egg (and some Stellar Jay feathers) to their nest, bringing the total to four pink eggs.

Bird House #3: (Above) The Western Bluebird mom started incubating her eggs today. I believe that she's sitting on four eggs, although it is possible that there are five.

Bird House #4: (Not shown) Unoccupied.

Bird House #5: (Not shown) Still contains seven tiny white bird eggs. Species unknown. The mother is not incubating these eggs. This nest may have been abandoned.

Bird House #6: (Above) The mom Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) flushed from the nest when I pulled up today. She's incubating six little blue eggs.

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Mystery Colorado Songbird

This bird was singing in the top of one of my neighbor's Ponderosa Pine trees. The song was just unbelievable, so I went out and shot some photos of him. No recording of his song, unfortunately. The bird is a perching songbird with a heavy bill for eating seeds from pine cones. I've posted an identification help request on whatbird.com. Update: After going through my "Guide to Colorado Birds by Mary Taylor Gray", I've identified this bird as a male Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) in breeding plumage.

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May 31, 2009

Bluebird Trail

Bird House #1: (Above) The Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli) don't look like they're doing very well. Today, there was only one live chick in there. Apparently the parents had hauled off the remainder of the egg shells and dead chicks. I think that there were originally six eggs. So, their survival rate is roughly what you'd see in a third-world country. Hopefully this chick makes it.

Bird House #2: (Above) This bird house is perched atop Jennifer's swing set. Yesterday, it contained two pink bird eggs. Today, it contains three pink bird eggs. Species unknown. Update: Based on photos on this website, I'm thinking that these eggs may belong to a pair of House Wrens(Troglodytes aedon).

Bird House #3: (Above) This bird house is mounted to the front garden fence. Yesterday, it contained three Bluebird eggs. Today, it contains four Bluebird eggs. This is either a Mountain Bluebird or a Western Bluebird. I believe that I saw the parents today and they appear to be Western Bluebirds.

Bird House #4: (Not shown) This bird house is mounted to the back garden fence. It is unoccupied.

Bird House #5: (Not shown) This bird house is mounted to a dead mature Ponderosa pine in the back. It contains seven tiny white bird eggs. No change from yesterday. Species unknown.

Bird House #6: (Above) This bird house is on a pole in Bud's front yard. At last count, she was sitting on six eggs, but she won't leave them now, so I'm not clear how many are under her or how many (if any) have hatched. This appears to be a nest of Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana).

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Red-winged Blackbird

Mature male Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in breeding plumage .

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May 23, 2009

Great Horned Owlets

Two Great Horned owlets (Bubo virginianus). This is the best photo of baby owls I've taken this year. They're so big that the mother stays in an adjacent tree. My guess is that they'll fledge pretty soon.

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Western Meadowlark

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). The meadowlark has a long, pointed bill used for catching grasshoppers, caterpillars, and beetles.

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May 17, 2009

Spectacled Owl

We saw this Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) at a birds of prey exhibit at The Fort in Morrison today. They are native to Central America.

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April 27, 2009

Birds on the Feeder

Saw these birds on Wendy's feeder this weekend. The birds shown are a a male Evening Grosbeak (above),a male Crossbill, and male and female Downy Woodpecker.

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April 11, 2009

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) incubating eggs near Morrison, Colorado.

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Laughing Gull

Second winter Laughing Gull(Leucophaeus atricilla) on Pensacola Beach, Florida. August 2008.

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April 10, 2009

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) near Morrison, Colorado.

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American Kestrel

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) near Morrison, Colorado.

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April 8, 2009

Canadian Goose

A banded Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis) stretches his wing on a small island in Lake Evergreen.

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April 7, 2009

Western Meadowlark

Male Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta).

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March 31, 2009

Heading to Moab

Got a few shots of a Bald Eagle hunting above the Colorado River today. The eagles have a protected nesting area in the Glenwood Canyon. We swam around in the hot springs in Glenwood Springs and then crashed for the night. We're on to Moab tomorrow with two four wheelers in tow.

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November 1, 2008

Downy Woodpecker

Male Downy Woodpecker(Picoides pubescens) on a Ponderosa Pine stump.

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October 10, 2008

Timmy's Fifth Bird

Timmy caught his fifth bird today. This is a Red-Breasted Nuthatch(Sitta canadensis).

He's been catching about one a day here lately, it seems. I think he's catching them out of the bird bath, so possibly I should move it so that he can't pounce on them when they're drinking. So far, we've released three that lived. I found one dead in the house, and then there was one that was MIA - I just found a bunch of feathers on that one.

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September 28, 2008

Timmy's First Catch

Timmy caught his first bird today. He was so proud he came running in through the cat door with it in his mouth. I was watching MSNBC explain how Obama was going to cut taxes and make everything free from health care to college to marshmallows and I wasn't really paying much attention to the cat. Even when the bird started singing, I convinced myself that it was some squeaky toy Jennifer had given the cat. But when I saw the bird hopping across the tile floors in the kitchen, I was like..."WTF is that?"

I saved it from Timmy and looked it up in my bird book. It appears to be an immature female Lesser Goldfinch(Carduelis psaltria), but I'm attempting to verify this at www.whatbird.com.

Update: I was mistaken about the bird identification. The shape of the bill indicates it is a Warbler, and the coloration leads to the conclusion that this is a MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei).

Continue reading "Timmy's First Catch"

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August 11, 2008

Double-crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus).

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July 16, 2008

House Wren

House wren (Troglodytes aedon). I heard this tiny little bird singing in my yard today. It has a beautiful song. You can listen to a sample of the song of the house wren here, but mine was singing better than this. I need to get some decent equipment so I can record audio in the field.

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July 13, 2008

Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus).

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July 11, 2008

American Crow

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos).

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July 5, 2008

House Wren

House wren (Troglodytes aedon).

House wrens (Troglodytes aedon) are cavity nesting birds. These wrens live in a hole in my neighbor's dead tree. Here one of the parents feeds the babies. They appear to be ready to fledge in the next day or so.

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July 1, 2008

Red Crossbills

Male and Female Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra).

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Mallard

Mallard drake (Anas platyrhynchos).

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June 30, 2008

Red-winged Blackbirds

Male Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).

Female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).

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June 29, 2008

American Dipper

American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus).

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Dark-eyed Junco

Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis).

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June 28, 2008

Great Horned Owl (Immature)

Fledgling Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) near Morrison, Colorado.

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Common House Finch (Male)

Common House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)

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White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis).

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Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Female )

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus).

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American Crow

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos).

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June 27, 2008

Northern Red-Shafted Flicker

The Northern Red-Shafted Flicker(Colaptes auratus cafer) is a common bird up here in the hills. They're notorious for drilling into the neighbor's house. This one is digging in the dirt in front of my house for reasons not entirely clear.

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June 20, 2008

Western Bluebird (Male)

Male Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana).

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Mountain Bluebird (Male)

Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides).

I shot this photo this evening of the daddy bluebird feeding the babies. They're such good parents. I'll be sad when the babies leave.

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