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30 Hidden Places That Open Suddenly She leapt out of the barrier phlox— her nest tucked in the weed cluster near the creek. When she lunged at me, my ball cap could not keep up with my head. She skittered into bridge center leading me as far from her young as she could. Catbird-clever, she jumped on the guardrail then dropped over the side. I had to follow her disappearance into water or bridge underbelly to let her know I did not want to bite into her fledglings’ lives. Then I did not go home to suss-out from Audubon which avian nation was hers. Now I remember her as guide into the flushed heart of everything. ...

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