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Robert Francis

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Writing about birds in people history and people in bird history.

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Met a friendly blue jay on my bird walk this morning

Met a friendly blue jay on my bird walk this morning

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Here's a grainy clip of a Laysan Rail from 1923. The birds went extinct after rabbits were introduced to Laysan (in Hawaii). One writer called the chicks "a black velvet marble rolling along the ground [whose] feet and legs are so small and fast that they can hardly be seen."

Here's a grainy clip of a Laysan Rail from 1923. The birds went extinct after rabbits were introduced to Laysan (in Hawaii). One writer called the chicks "a black velvet marble rolling along the ground [whose] feet and legs are so small and fast that they can hardly be seen."

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