Flight

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“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who…looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space…on the infinite highway of the air.”  ~Wilbur Wright

Safety in numbers

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“If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what’s going on.  The one who stays behind may be prey.”  ~Frans de Waal

Blue jay

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“Everyone likes birds.  What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?”  ~David Attenborough