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Showing the Birds

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"Look, children, here is the shy, flightless dodo; the many-colored pigeon named the passenger, the great auk, the esquimo curlew, the woodpecker called the Lord God Bird, the....
Come, children, hurry -- there are so many more beautiful things to show you in the museum's dark drawers".
~~"Showing the Birds" ~~Mary Oliver

Image Location: Spavin Drive, Lake Sunbury:  The dam, which was originally made to source water for the historic Rupertswood Mansion, primarily served as a home for water birds, and offered a diversity of habitats. 
I would venture there many an early weekend morning down to Lake Sunbury, with my thermos of coffee and enjoy the view and the glorious geese! My last trip there, (last summer 2013-2014), I discovered the lake has now gone!  I will keep you posted
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