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Birders

Curmudgeoness

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1. When asked what animal I would want to be,

Reply to adirondacker (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 06:30 PM

Apr 2014

my answer is always an albatross. And that is part of the reason.

The reason for the devotion could be that they spend most of the year alone, away from their mate, and only meet up again at mating season. Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

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When asked what animal I would want to be, Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #1

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