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Don, Doaf,\u00a0and I drove up the Mt. 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custom_padding=”0px|||”]<\/p>\n A Very Friendly Chickadee<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JDP-TBY-20180711-0425.jpg” _builder_version=”3.5.1″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||0px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ align=”center” show_in_lightbox=”on” title_text=”Click to enlarge” custom_margin=”||0px|”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.5.1″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|” custom_padding=”0px||10px|”]<\/p>\n Western Tanager (TBY-73)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JDP-TBY-20180711-0369.jpg” _builder_version=”3.5.1″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”10px||0px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ align=”center” show_in_lightbox=”on” title_text=”Click to enlarge” custom_margin=”0px||0px|”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.5.1″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|” 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