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like Robins swimming with head down and then stopping and straightening up.
They were silent.
One spread its wings and catching sight of me called in a low tone. They "tikked" once in a while. They dug angle worms.
Once one found a large worm and jumped away from it. Then it took it up and ran. Another ran up and picked it up the other giving away. It picked it up and dropped it

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several times and then ate it. They dug them as a Robin does. One  [[?? flumed?]] itself. One came quite close. There was one spotted Sandpiper there.
Small Whistler and Goldfinches were thick. Then I went home.
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This afternoon was fishing at the second Slough. Saw a large flock of Nighthawks. On the way home two great Blue Herons flew around giving a harsh honk [[underlined]]. The

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