A Black-chinned Hummingbird,
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The rare bird (rare for here, anyway) sighting of the month, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak (he's perched on a box housing a call for backyard bird data),
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and a nuthatch of indeterminate origin, to help announce a field trip.
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I'm seriously jonesing to do more drawing, but for now these will have to do.