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upper breast with a background of a delicate buff stirred a memory, as did the gray on the sides of the bird's head. I had seen this bird before and knew its name.

I looked up at Lee and said, "Why, it's a Lincoln Sparrow!" This sparrow is rare; I had only limited experience with it but knew it from years of pouring over paintings and photographs of birds in books and one exiting encounter.

Had there been heavy cloud cover the night before? I couldn't remember, neither could Lee. When the night sky is obscured in September, birds fly below the clouds at an altitude much lower than their usual 7,000 feet. Migrating birds orient themselves by constellations of the

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