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Day 24

I am making myself sick with all of the baby bird sketches. For some reason I just can't help myself. I think one allure is that most baby birds are unidentifiable. Most seem to be wide-eyed, covered in a downy awkward coat of feathers, helpless and hungry. All of this is odd because I find the bird world so dang fascinating because each bird is so unique. I love contradictions.

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