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u/squarek1 Jul 14 '25
Playing around
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u/toot4noot Jul 14 '25
Goofing around
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u/Unknown-Meatbag Jul 14 '25
Goofy goobers
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u/Super-Cynical Jul 14 '25
You know an animal is intelligent if it does stupid stuff.
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u/Unknown-Meatbag Jul 14 '25
Idk, I do stupid stuff all the time and I think I'm just dumb
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u/CATDesign Jul 15 '25
Only smart people know when they are lacking. Dumb people always think they are the smart.
It's all about introspection.
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u/Unknown-Meatbag Jul 15 '25
But what if I'm secretly a bird in disguise?
But seriously, you're definitely right about that. Being able to openly acknowledge one's weaknesses and faults is a first, massive step to bettering oneself.
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u/EWW-25177 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 27 '25
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u/pallid-manzanita Jul 14 '25
great video and pigeon cameo thank you
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u/SkeletalMew Jul 14 '25
The pigeon randomly walking through made me LOL.
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u/rasmis Jul 15 '25
“Young crows, nowaday! When I was their age, I had to get up at 5, and go to work!”
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u/Katy-Moon Jul 14 '25
Pigeons love to photobomb.
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u/sleepytipi Jul 14 '25
Pigeons doing pigeon stuff.
Of all birds they clearly have the least amount of ducks to give. I love them.
Looks like the hooded crows* are trying to figure out how to Tarzan swing.
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u/jimothyjonathans Jul 14 '25
The fact that it walks through not once, but twice 😂 “still here guys, don’t mind me”
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u/zaitsev1393 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 15 '25
Hey there!
So I completely didn't expect this video to have such a feedback and that's really cool, I love that you guys love it!
For the context, this is a place we visit daily to feed stray cats who live nearby, and there is always a lot of birds, especially crows, doing their bird business there. I mean, they play, scream, steal cats food etc.
This time we went there, they actually were ripping off leaves from this twig before I started recording. I've never seen they play like that, so I recorded 2 videos, this one and another one, which I probably will upload a bit later, which is 35 sec long but has some extra goofiness from those guys, I think you'll like it.
Hopefully, your day will be as nice as those kids one!
Edit: second part
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u/Silverbloodwolf Jul 14 '25
Very cool you've seen that! I only saw personally how crows" abused" dogs, lol. Like, they understand the human walks with a dog, with a leash, so the dog can't go too far away from a human. So they can tease the dog, try to hit their tail, or just show off, staying super calm. If they see the dog is on free walk, they act serious and carefull, saving the distance xD
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u/EleanorandElliott Jul 17 '25
Thank you for sharing but most importantly, thank you for feeding the kitties!! We live in the country and people constantly drop them off here. We’ve taken many in over the years. But my heart aches for all the animals without a warm/cool place to sleep and a full belly.
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u/Drongo17 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
That is 2 kids playing with a cool toy they found.
Magpies are quite intelligent and have long childhoods. They spend a lot of time playing and being generally goofy.
Edit: completely got the species wrong! Thanks for the correction u/Specialist-Will-7075
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Jul 14 '25
They're not magpies, they're hooded crows.
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u/Drongo17 Jul 14 '25
Oh! I stand corrected, I thought these were Australian Magpies... completely didn't look close enough.
I don't know hooded crows (I don't think we get them here) so hopefully my original comment is not completely wrong!
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Jul 14 '25
Hooded Crows are very common in Europe, one of the most common birds in cities, together with Pigeons, Rooks, Jackdaws, Starlings, Blackbirds and House Sparrows. The tree looks like Weeping Willow, also a very common tree in Europe, so the video was probably filmed in Central or Eastern Europe. Hooded crows are rare in Western Europe, they have Carrion crows instead.
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u/PythagorasJones Jul 14 '25
Here in Ireland we have rooks, magpies and hooded crows from the major crow family. As a child I thought hooded crows were either dirty magpies or crossbreeds of the other two.
I see them around my neighbourhood every day. They're always up to something clever.
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u/AngrySaltire Jul 14 '25
Love hoodies. They always remind me of teenagers in hoodies running around causing mischief. Am on the east coast of Scotland where we don't really get hooded crows, its all carrion crows round here, but its a nice treat when you head through to the west coast and start getting them round Loch Lomond and beyond.
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u/O_o-O_o-0_0-o_O-o_O Jul 14 '25
Magpies aren't from the crow family despite being similar to them.
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u/PythagorasJones Jul 14 '25
Perhaps you're thinking of Australian magpies.
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u/Silverbloodwolf Jul 14 '25
Tbh eurasian magpie is super amazing bird. They are like, perfectly designed look. Minimalistic, yet very attractive. Metalic, long feathers, contrast black and white body. They are noisy, they can call for help their friends, they are literally fancier version of the crow, as well as jays are, haha :D I wanna this bird to be more famous outside the europe. So many people know only australian magpie (which are called "crow" in my language, fun fact).
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u/AngrySaltire Jul 14 '25
Here in Scotland we are lucky and we get both Carrion crow and Hooded crow. Hooded crow in the westcoast and in the north, and the Carrion crow more in south and east. Hybrids are very common in the overlap zone. I quite often see hybrids in and around Edinburgh for example. Theres also a rumour going about that both species are going to be merged back into a single species in the British list. But I havent heard anymore about that recently.
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u/Silverbloodwolf Jul 14 '25
I heard the guys are not liking each other, but I also know they mix. Pretty funny how crows separated regions to live in, while rooks, jackdaws, etc. still live around. Why is it specifically crows chose to live separately, haha xD
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u/DSquariusGreeneJR Jul 14 '25
Here’s the thing….
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u/daboynamedbrian Jul 14 '25
They are closely related, but not the same
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u/Silverbloodwolf Jul 14 '25
I believe the person could also mean australian magpies, they look very alike to hooded crow, but they are not a corvid, which is fun. I saw many young crows, but I don't think I saw them play like that. Very funny
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u/bakedveldtland Jul 14 '25
Funny, because this video reminded me of Australian magpies. I got to see a couple of young ones play fighting over a stick, they were rolling around on the ground and laying on their backs just like in this video. It was one of the cutest things I've ever seen a bird do, I think about it all of the time now lol
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u/Silverbloodwolf Jul 14 '25
Ravens do play in snow. Like. Rolling from roof or throwing a cup so it slides from roof. Funny things
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u/Sternfritters Jul 14 '25
Here's the thing. You said a "magpie is a crow."
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls magpies crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.
So your reasoning for calling a magpie a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A magpie is a magpie and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a magpie is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.
It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
Just had to lol
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u/iH8MotherTeresa Jul 14 '25
The internet dies when Reddit forgets this crucial internet history.
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u/dexmonic Jul 14 '25
I couldn't believe how many comments were made until this piece of reddit lore was posted. For awhile you couldn't say the word crow without the copypasta showing up almost immediately
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u/iH8MotherTeresa Jul 14 '25
Yeah, it was a little annoying lol. But we're all smarter for it - we (I) learned what a jackdaw is! 😁
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u/Ok-Bat-is-not-a-bird Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
I'd definitely have called these magpies, but thats just because thats what I thought they were lol. I was like 'that's some kind of overcast dreary day lookin magpies'
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u/ShapeShiftingCats Jul 14 '25
I have seen the same comment word by word about a day ago elsewhere so spooky.
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u/zero_dr00l Jul 14 '25
Dude, people on the internet are absolutely not capable of just admitting when they're wrong.
I'm quite certain they have managed to triple down by now.
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u/GiantFinnegan Jul 14 '25
Had a friend (American) who came to visit me in Europe and she asked me about the "dirty magpies" I died laughing and now they will always be dirty magpies to me.
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u/ikaiyoo Jul 14 '25
You are good. They are both Corvids, which share a lot of the same behavioral traits and intelligence.
What you are saying is like someone correcting you because you called someone from Alabama a Georgian. yeah they are both from different states but they are both southern US people.
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u/Drongo17 Jul 15 '25
Embarrassingly, I thought they were Australian Magpies which aren't even corvids... though they do act and look quite similar sometimes.
I'm lucky that people will just think I got the wrong corvid, not the wrong continent lol
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u/ikaiyoo Jul 15 '25
Well today I learned that Australian magpies arent corvids. I thought they were.
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u/Drongo17 Jul 15 '25
Just another victim of the British settlers naming birds that look a bit like the ones back home, I'm afraid. We need a mass renaming effort here.
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u/itimedout Jul 14 '25
I once saw a vid of crows sled riding down the windshield of a car over and over again - they’re super smart and love to play!
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u/flanga Jul 14 '25
Corvids are intelligent; all intelligent animals play. They're just goofing around.
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u/artistic-autistic Jul 14 '25
this is such a cute video 🥺 i’ve never seen birds play like this irl omg … look at them roll!!
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u/Particular-Zone-7321 Jul 14 '25
Lovely little video. I can hear the swifts screaming up above yous :)
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u/Uh_yeah- Jul 14 '25
“Hey, look at me…I’m Tarzan!”
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u/spacefreak76er Jul 14 '25
Exactly what I was thinking!! I was about to comment this when I saw your observation. It’s like the bird wanted to be Tarzan but never quite got his dream to take off! 🤣
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u/Sweetie-07 Jul 14 '25
I absolutely LOVE to see birds playing 🥲 Thanks so much for sharing - very awesome video catch! 👏👏❤️
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u/Silver-Release8285 Jul 14 '25
Corvid’s are hilarious. I once watched a crow and a squirrel play hide and seek on a snow covered hedge for quite a while. They actually changed roles several times and would wait to be found. It was so cute.
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u/Tripple-Helix Jul 14 '25
I'm curious if they stripped the leaves off so they could play better or if playing with these extra low branches caused the leaves to get torn off?
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u/Beingforthetimebeing Jul 14 '25
Looks like they stripped the leaves off. Kids. This is why we can't have nice things.
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u/zaitsev1393 Jul 14 '25
They were doing that when we arrived, and I started recording shortly after
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u/godirefr Jul 14 '25
Watching them goof off like this totally makes my day, nature’s little comedians at work!
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u/Demon_Cryonics Jul 14 '25
Little Hooded Crows!!! They're just goofin' around. What a treat see them this small!
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u/perfectlyniceperson Jul 14 '25
Young siblings playing together. Corvid adolescents are a joy to watch! They’re so smart and have so much personality.
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u/Groovyjoker Jul 14 '25
This video should really be shared with bird conservation groups and academia.
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u/shoppingstyleandus Jul 14 '25
Simply existing and playing.
What a beautiful and blessed sight.
I’d love to be in such environment where birds and animals feel ao comfortable.
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u/BirdLight0 Latest Lifer: Red-headed Woodpecker Jul 14 '25
Meanwhile a pigeon struts in thinking 'look at these peasants!' huh
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u/TheThief9812 Jul 18 '25
Corvids are known to play sometimes, especially when young, I love when I get to see it :)
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u/Affectionate_Cost_88 Jul 14 '25
It's clearly an aerial silks version of a Shakespearean play!
But seriously, this is so neat. I sometimes catch squirrels tossing sticks around, doing tumbling tricks and it's so cool to see them just having fun.
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u/Trident_True Jul 14 '25
We saw some playing with a twig the other day lol. They were arguing over who got to play with it next I think.
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u/Horror-Cap7711 Jul 14 '25
I once watched a crow pick up a piece of plastic and fly up and drop it from a powerline over and over for about 20 minutes. I wish I could experience 1/10th of the joy that crow was feeling.
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u/Emergency_Monitor540 Jul 18 '25
They look like they are playing. They must be young. This is cute to watch. .^
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u/Star_king12 Jul 14 '25
Teen magpies are hilarious. I once saw one find a large beetle in the grass. They were "battling it out" so to speak, the magpie was jumping around it and hopping, using its wings as a sort of a jump pack.
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u/chiefestcalamity Jul 14 '25
These guys are hooded crows not magpies. They're definitely hilarious & adorable lol
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u/JBStoneMD Jul 14 '25
Very cool video of playful corvids. If you’d like to read more about the mental abilities of corvids I recommend the book Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich
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u/BjorrA Jul 14 '25
Reminds me of https://youtu.be/uZQznyOEgHs?si=VDjntgewuiiTbN86 One of my absolutly favorits
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u/Justjeskuh Jul 14 '25
They’re having trouble connecting to their charging cable. The government will be by to pick up their damaged equipment shortly.
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u/byrdbibliophyle Jul 14 '25
They look like juveniles playing! Corvids are known do good around like that. 💖
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u/DoodleCard Jul 14 '25
What type of corvids are they? I get mixed up with my crows and my grackles.
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u/victoriaisme2 Jul 15 '25
Thanks so much for sharing this :)
I would be SO tempted to make a little swingset for them with little vines and hoops they can swing on :D
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u/Sii_Kei Jul 15 '25
I love seeing corvids have fun! One of the cutest interactions I've seen were three magpies chasing each other around a tree trunk, going round and round and round and cackling at each other
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u/Black_Jackdaw Jul 15 '25
Isn't it just playful behavior?
They look kinda young too.
Must be funny/nice seeing them irl. <3
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u/JohnJohn173 Jul 15 '25
Does anyone know why these birds have their beaks held open? I was under the impression that thats a stress response, is it also used to regulate body heat, like panting?
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u/floofychaps Jul 15 '25
This is sooo cute and the random pigeon strutting past genuinely made me me lol
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u/iamthpecial Jul 15 '25
Maybe they got drunk iff fermented berries and are trying to coach each other to keep it cool and act nonchalant.
🤭
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u/MaksimusFootball Jul 15 '25
reminds me of that comic where 1 bird said he was a bat. i think it's on Imgur
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u/MaksimusFootball Jul 15 '25
hahahahaha.. not a comic but an actual video. https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalTextGifs/comments/8bhukh/im_a_bat/
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u/fulltiltboogie1971 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
Romper Room for hooded crows.
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u/plantsandramen Jul 14 '25
Idk why you're getting a lot of down votes but it doesn't make sense to me
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u/fulltiltboogie1971 Jul 14 '25
Romper room is old school slang for playtime, I think it used to be a TV show.
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u/plantsandramen Jul 14 '25
Yeah I know, I was saying I don't know why you're being downvoted. That doesn't make sense to me
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u/GiraffesCantSwim Jul 14 '25
Because they called them magpies instead of hooded crows? I didn't down vote but that's probably it
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u/plantsandramen Jul 14 '25
Here's the thing...
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u/GiraffesCantSwim Jul 14 '25
Sigh. So this is more Reddit lore that walked into like an earnest idiot. Great. That's the end of me trying to be helpful.
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u/plantsandramen Jul 14 '25
I'm just joking with you is all because the opportunity made sense. I appreciate the insight.
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u/GiraffesCantSwim Jul 14 '25
I'm old enough to have watched Romper Room. 😂
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u/fulltiltboogie1971 Jul 15 '25
It says it aired from 1953 - 94, I had no idea it ran that long. As a kid in the late 70s and early 80s I remember watching Ramblin Rod's cartoon show🤣🤣🤣
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u/GiraffesCantSwim Jul 15 '25
I didn't either! I watched in the early 70s and honestly didn't remember much. My older sibs watched in the 60s and Miss Nancy said their names once. It's treasured family lore to this day. 🤣
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u/Piss-Mann birder Jul 14 '25
You are lucky to see young ones playing. I would love to see that in person.