On a very slow plodding run this morning I saw two Great Blue Herons gracefully flying and short soaring. Bluebirds were singing in the lower field and I heard the Pine Warbler on their ridge, in the red pines, at the top of the slope. Many, many Song Sparrows with their happy-sounding, buzzy tinkling. Titmice seem to be the constant background song. Common Mergansers gleaming on the creek. Being with them all can cheer you up.
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