BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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him with his family and seen him hop 
upon a stump or log, those two pinnies 
standing straight up while he cried ex¬ 
citedly : “Chuck, chuck, chuck, knee’ark 
knee’ark?” The little knight takes this 
danger position while his lady flies off in¬ 
to the thicket and the tiny folk disappear 
under the logs, stumps, or brush quicker 
than you can think. 
He stays in his exposed position long 
enough to divert your attention from the 
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little ones to him. 
He was not always Washington's bird 
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but was introduced from the South. He 
stays with us now the entire year. 
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