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 | | They are content to see the little stint as a bird, not as a grail. |
 | | Earlier in the week, while recording a population survey, Nikula had discovered a red-necked stint (like Harvey's little stint in New Hampshire, this is an Old World sandpiper; unlike Harvey's bird, it has been spotted a number of times in Massachusetts) and a curlew sandpiper, both rarities, not merely good birds, but really good birds. |
 | | She said this brightly, shaking her head a little, in thrall to the bird, to the idea it could simply up and leave, astonished by its freedom and whim. |
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