An amazing discovery by Jennifer Kepler of a Burrowing Owl at the Jamaica Bay refuge area’s “Big Egg marsh” in Queens County, NY on Thursday, 5/16 - congratulations to her & the lucky few other observers. The owl was also photographed there, on THURSDAY.
------ Manhattan & New York County, N.Y. City - Thursday-Friday, 16-17 May, 2019 Friday morning (5/17) had what seemed far fewer individual migrants & perhaps lower species-diversity, judging from just Central Park and adjacent small greenspaces & streets, by comparison with the strong push and drop-in of migrants of the day prior. That noted, there are still plenty of migrants, & some of the rarer species may yet be re-discovered, &/or new discoveries made. I spent about 90 minutes from a bit before actual sunrise to nearly 7 a.m., with just 1 other birder in the immediate vicinity of the prior areas the Thursday Swainson’s Warbler had frequented, and we did not re-find it in that time period. Other birders also have since been on the look-&-listen for that rare species in the Ramble; on Friday a.m. [before 9 a.m.] there had been no confirmed re-discovery. Despite what appeared to be less diversity, I was able to confirm 18 warbler species in Central Park by about 8 a.m., many of these in the southern half of the park, with a visit to the south & west reservoir edges & adjacent bridle path. There IS the chance that the Swainson’s Warbler is continuing in Central Park, & even in the same general area where first discovered, but at least equally, the chance that with very favorable conditions for migration on Thursday night, that bird (along with a lot of other drop-ins) may have moved on. If anyone does come upon the Swainson’s again anywhere, try to get an audio-clip of song, if it is noted singing. That was a wonderful feature of B. Van Doren’s report! Thanks of course to Benjamin Van Doren for the find of the Swainson’s Warbler, also to Arie Gilbert for his Thursday p.m. help in re-finding when the warbler had gone missing for a spell; as well as to all on-scene who behaved well all day long, permitting this rare ‘southerner' to be seen by so many observers on Thursday - & for the greater part of the day. Incidentally, for some context & documented records of Swainson’s Warbler in 2019 in the wider region north of the known breeding range, besides the Central Park find (which is well-documented!) there were (at least) these sighings also just this spring: one banded & photographed 4 May, at Powder Mill Nature Reserve, Westmoreland Co., PA (western PA); one photographed & seen by many on 13 May in Clark Co., Ohio (western OH); one photographed on 16 May in Monongalia Co., West Virgina, which may be close to potential breeding grounds, but is listed as 2nd-ever record for that county in WV; & written records from Cape May County-Higbee’s beach, N.J. from 23-24-25 April, & 5 & 6 May w/ many observers; these are all in 2019. Many other 2019 spring sightings have come from within, or south of, the known breeding range of the species. There is also a photographed bird from Boone Co., Missouri on 13 to 16 May (2019), an apparent first record of this species at that location (Grindstone Nature Area); this is likely a bit north of the species known breeding areas for Missouri. - - - - [5/16] Including the rare southern-breeding Swainson’s Warbler at Central Park, a minimum of 28 species of warblers were found just on Thursday, 5/16 in New York County (which includes Manhattan, as well as the adjacent islands: Randall’s and Governors Islands, and a few other smaller isles and parts of the surrounding waters All of those 28 warbler species were found on Manhattan island with somewhat lower warbler diversity seen or reported on the outlying isles); also in the list below, a couple of additional warbler species which were reported from Central Park; a Kentucky Warbler was seen by multiple observers in the western part of the Central Park Ramble on Thursday (5/16) morning, in addition to a near-simultaneous Kentucky at the north end, west of the Blockhouse. A Cerulean Warbler was reported from near Turtle Pond in Central but with no further follow-up to that sighting. With much movement particularly of more-arboreal species in the early a.m. Thursday, some birds may have moved around, and some certainly also moved on by mid-day on Thursday if not a lot earlier. Also seen in Manhattan NYC on 5/16 were all 6 species of northeastern-breeding vireo species, at least 5 (of the 6) Catharus [genus] thrush species of N. America (lacking any confirmed-by-song Bicknell’s), at least 7 species of shorebirds (aka ‘waders’ to much of the rest of the world), at least 9 species of tyrannidae (new world flycatchers; lacking confirmed Alder Flycatcher), & (mostly-heard) Evening Grosbeaks (minimum of two, again in the Ramble of Central Park & lost early thanks to the shuffle-of-the-deck, and the super find of one warbler), and a wide assortment of other migrant and some resident species. Thursday morning, before first-light, I was out & was aware of many thousands of migrant birds on the move, & many landing as the light grew before 5 a.m. - there was a lot of movement, including true fly-overs heading off & out of Central Park’s north end, as seen esp. from the n.-w. corner area. Birds were still moving, & some moving on, thru at least 7 a.m., more than 2 hours after first-light, & well into when the sun was fully up & shining bright. Far more individual birds appeared to be on the move in those 2+ hours than were seen in all of my wanderings later, even though many, many thousands of migrants had clearly set down on Manhattan, for the day on Thursday. This phenomenon was noticed by at least some of the other observers out quite early, & esp. so of some who were in the n.-w. part of Central & perhaps, by those in other locations at first light or shortly thereafter. All this said, this was not an “historic” fallout, but was more characteristic simply of what one could expect, after a few days of poor conditions for widespread migration, then an opportunity - despite some light rain & a few locally heavier showers that passed overnight Wed. into the wee hours of Thursday morning. While many birds dropped in, far more were able to make the trip to beyond Manhattan, at least. I’ll add, by way of just a few examples, that some others shared some of the big migration rush & one example I happened to notice was a report for Highbridge Park in northern Manhattan, a far less-known birding locality than is Central, where hundreds & hundreds of birders congregate each May day with good weather. From M. Waldron, in just under a 1/2-hour’s survey in a part of Highbridge, ten warbler species including Cape May and 3 Blackpoll Warblers were found, along with 2 Indigo Buntings, 2 Baltimore Orioles, 2 Eastern Kingbirds, 2 Swainson’s Thrushes, & other migrants and some city-resident species. There were many other great finds of migrants in parks and green-spaces all around Manhattan on Thursday May 16th; one park that seemed especially productive for its size was Carl Schurz Park, on the east river and also a “front-yard” to the home away from home of mayors & first-families of New York City, best known as Gracie Mansion. In that relatively modest greenspace on Thursday a great many & various migrants were seen by several intrepid observers, including up to 15 spp. of warblers, some species seen in the multiple. I actually had intended to be on Randall’s Island by early Thursday morning, with thoughts of possible landed shorebirds or other potentially unusual migrants having come down after the prior overnight rains. But I’ll freely admit, the situation with so many migrants right near by in Central Park’s north end stopped me, & the find of a Swainson’s Warbler as well in Central Park greatly delayed my visit to Randall’s Island, which took place well into the afternoon hours & was less striking, even with various nice birds present, than any of what was seen in the morning hours on Manhattan proper. It was still interesting to find a smattering of landbird migrants in a tiny patch of ‘woods’ on Randall’s Island as I was about to depart there, mid-afternoon - no rare or very unexpected species in that wooded patch of about 3 dozen larger trees, but some Catharus thrushes and a passel of warbler activity kept me alert there. The thrushes included at least Veery, Wood, and Swainson’s Thrush, & the warblers included one nice bright adult female Cape May, along with 8+ other more-common warbler spp., as well as 2 female-looking Indigo Buntings and a single adult White-crowned Sparrow. This little ‘patch' is north of the randall’s foot-bridge to-from manhattan island. Besides the Turkey Oaks of Central & other parks being attractive to migrants in mid-late May, there are some other tree species & varieties to check, including native Wild Black Cherry, now in full bloom in N.Y. City, as well as Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipfera), also in bloom lately, and various kinds of Locust trees, many also in bloom recently; it may also be worth a check of some larger beech trees for certain species & of course simply any trees & shrubs attracting migrant or nesting birds. Sightings esp. from Thursday’s major movement, 16 May, 2019, with some sightings also on into Friday, 5/17: Canada Goose (multiple; many have goslings by now) Atlantic Brant (few found around Randall’s Island, p.m. on 5/16) Mute Swan (by Randall’s Island) Wood Duck (drake, Central Park; continuing in 1 area) Gadwall (some continue including in Central Park) American Black Duck (along the rivers, on Manhattan’s shores) Mallard (common year-round) Red-breasted Merganser (one late female, east off Randall’s Island, 5/16) Ruddy Duck (at least one remained on Central Park reservoir to 5/16) Red-throated Loon (1, still in basic plumage, on East river north of Randall’s Island, 5/16) Common Loon (continued on the Central Park reservoir to at least early Thursday, 5/16) Double-crested Cormorant (increasingly common all over) Great Blue Heron (one at Central Park reservoir before first-light on 5/16) Great Egret (multiple, including 8+ around the C.P. reservoir before first-light on 5/16) Snowy Egret (multiple, regular flyovers across the n. end of Central Park & adjacent Manhattan air-space, mostly moving east-west & west-east) Green Heron (multiple, some of them likely to breed in New York County) Black-crowned Night-Heron (20+ flyovers before sunrise, from Central Park; also roosting & feeding there, but not nesting; also seen at Randall’s Island) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Central Park & reports from several other NY County sites) Glossy Ibis (one fly-by, headed west & moderately high, from Randall’s Island, 5/16 p.m.) Osprey (seen from Randall’s Island) Bald Eagle (one subadult, 5/16, late day fly-over past Hudson river, headed NNE) Broad-winged Hawk (one, in Central Park on 5/16, perhaps a late straggler or non-breeder this season) Red-tailed Hawk (multiple, regular fairly widespread breeder in N.Y. City) Black Vulture (1, with at least 4 Turkey Vultures moving south over e. end of Randall’s Island, 5/16, p.m. -N.B., interestingly, there was a report in eBird of 1 of this vulture species over Manhattan in fairly close proximity with Randall’s Island earlier in the day on 5/16 - relative to where a majority of recent sightings of this species over N.Y. County have been which is as viewed from areas north of the G.W. Bridge, in northern-most Manhattan and sometimes looking across to the N.J. Palisades section, which lies across from n.w. Manhattan and parts of west Bronx county, NYC. - also, & as various other reports attest, this vulture species continues to expand its range in the northeast, & can be expected to increase further in coming years.) Turkey Vulture (minimum of 4, over Randall’s Island - & headed south at around 4 p.m. 5/16) Killdeer (Randall’s Island, New York County - on 5/16) Greater Yellowlegs (2, as per above sighting) Lesser Yellowlegs (4, as per above) Least Sandpiper (6, as per above) Solitary Sandpiper (at least several, Central Park) Spotted Sandpiper (multiple, Central Park & also 6+ on Randall’s Island on 5/16) Laughing Gull (few, off Randall’s Island & at least one from an East River lookout) Ring-billed Gull (relatively few) [American] Herring Gull (fairly common, various stages/ages) Great Black-backed Gull (as per above species) Common Tern (continuing as reported for Governors Island, part of New York County) ['feral'] Rock Pigeon (ubiquitous in N.Y. City) Mourning Dove (fairly common in N.Y. City & some might still be passing thru recently) American Kestrel (fairly common breeder in Manhattan, on various buildings) Merlin (1 reported, a late straggler, or poss. a non-breeder this year) Peregrine Falcon (regular breeder and N.Y. City residents continue; some nesting again) Black-billed Cuckoo (at least several ID’d to this species in Central Park, 5/16; also there were some 'cuckoo sp.' in movement) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (multiple including some fly-bys in earliest light on 5/16, from n.w. part of Central Park) Common Nighthawk (several, both days, Central Park, early a.m. & in evening to dusk) Chimney Swift (multiple) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (multiple, but not that many noted in Central Park or elsewhere) Belted Kingfisher (1 male, at Randall’s Island; 5/16) Red-bellied Woodpecker (regular residents, some are nesting) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (still at least several, perhaps more, in several or more Manhattan sites) Downy Woodpecker (residents, some nesting) Hairy Woodpecker (several locations on Manhattan, a potential breeder) Yellow-shafted Flicker (modest numbers, some probably still moving thru) Olive-sided Flycatcher (at least several, Central Park, 5/16 including the Ramble, & the north end) Eastern Wood-Pewee (fairly common) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (few definitively, but at least 1 or 2 heard calling, also some well-seen or photographed for sufficient ID’s) Acadian Flycatcher (modest numbers in, with at least small no’s. heard calling, and even some singing; N.B. this is a potential NYC breeder, and continues to expand slowly in the northeast) Willow Flycatcher (some have been giving calls & occasional bits of song; breeds in N.Y. City, but may be only a passage migrant in Manhattan) Alder / Willow Flycatcher (this type, once collectively called “Traill’s” Flycatcher before the 2 species were named, have been seen, & likely at least a few are Alder Flyctachers; difficult or impossible to ID without hearing a vocalization when not on their breeding grounds however; Alder being the more northerly-breeding, & sometimes presumed the later-in-spring arrival of the 2 spp. of this type; learn the songs & calls of each well, & still it’s a challenge to ID only on migration!) Least Flycatcher (fairly widespread, almost ‘common’, some have been calling & also singing for quite a while this month in N.Y. City) Eastern Phoebe (few; one was singing for a while in the east Ramble at Central Park, a.m. 5/16) Great Crested Flycatcher (many, in many locations, a scant breeder in New York County) Eastern Kingbird (many, including a good early a.m. movement headed north thru at least ~ 8 a.m., 5/16 - & a fairly common & regular breeder in multiple New York County locations) White-eyed Vireo (one still in an area of Central where seen previously, & at least one also in north end, 5/16; a rare breeder in New York County, but fairly regular in other counties of N.Y. City) Blue-headed Vireo (rather scarce now, but at least a few in north end & the Ramble areas of Central Park, 5/16) Yellow-throated Vireo (multiple, if not that many - & N.B., a very scarce breeder in New York County) Warbling Vireo (common & some may stay attempting to nest in Manhattan & as a widespread N.Y. City breeder) Philadelphia Vireo (several reports from Central Park on 5/16 besides my own early Thurs. sighting at The Pond; Ramble area & north woods were add’l. locations noted by various observers) Red-eyed Vireo (fairly common & in many locations, also a rather uncommon but regular & oft-overlooked breeder in New York County) Blue Jay (still passing thru in diurnal migration, and f. common in multiple locations; also a regular N.Y.C. breeder) American Crow (now nesting on Manhattan, & etc.) Fish Crow (nesting in a few locations around New York County including Manhattan) Tree Swallow (multiple; less-common as a breeder in N.Y. County than elsewhere in N.Y. City’s 4 other counties) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (multiple; some breed in Manhattan & N.Y. County) Barn Swallow (very common as flyovers & over various locations, passage migrants & some may stay to breed) Black-capped Chickadee (scarce now, but still present in Manhattan) Tufted Titmouse (relatively scarce now, after a big presence all last winter & into last month) Red-breasted Nuthatch (relatively few, but ongoing movement) White-breasted Nuthatch (not too scarce in some locations, a breeder on Manhattan) Carolina Wren (few noted lately, but are still present, and may be nesting in Manhattan & on the outlying isles) House Wren (multiple, & likely nesters have set up in multiple locations) Marsh Wren (1 or 2 reports as well as my sighting from Randall’s Island, 5/16 p.m.) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (few, but still being found in several or more areas, getting just slightly late for N.Y. City) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (few still passing thru & a potential but rather scarce breeder in N.Y. City, esp. so on Manhattan) Veery (many continue to pass thru - 50+++ on 5/16 and those seen ONLY in the n. woods of Central Park early a.m. - far more over all of N.Y. County) Gray-cheeked Thrush (multiple, with at least 10 on 5/16 just in the first hour of full daylight, many were in the deep shade when observed) Gray-cheeked [type] Thrush (several were poss. candidates for Bicknell’s Thrush, 5/16, including one giving harsh calls at ~ 5:30 a.m., n. woods/Central Park) Swainson's Thrush (many - 200+++ in the first 4 hours of daylight in Central Park, and found in nearly all areas of Manhattan, 5/16 - strong push of the species) Hermit Thrush (still on the move in some numbers; be cautious with all Catharus [genus] thrush ID’s, as they are not all as straightforward as thought, esp. if not singing) Wood Thrush (very common, 5/16 - perhaps the largest arrival yet of this year; some are already singing ‘on territory’, a rather scarce nester on Manhattan, but more will move on from here) American Robin (nearly ubiquitous, many are already w/young or are nesting, some for 2nd time this spring) Gray Catbird (very common now - on passage, & also a not-rare nester in various parts of New York County) Northern Mockingbird (fairly widespread, some already nesting) Brown Thrasher (a scarce breeder, of which a few are now - in New York County) European Starling (ubiquitous around N.Y. City, & sadly, competes with native birds for nest spaces & with some species for food in breeding season) Cedar Waxwing (rapidly increased, with sightings of 100’s on 5/16, some in small flocks of 12 to 25++, fly-bys; also some stay to nest locally) Eastern Towhee (very scarce breeder now in N.Y. County; a few are lingering, & hopefully some may nest successfully - if not too disturbed) Chipping Sparrow (still some perhaps passing thru, but some in N.Y. County are nesting, as is increasing regular in some areas, including small no’s. in Central Park) Field Sparrow (one, Great Hill, Central Park, and several others reliably reported from Manhattan incl. elsewhere in Central Park, on 5/16) Savannah Sparrow (few noted, outer e. edge of Randall’s Island, 5/16, and at least a few reports from other outlying areas in N.Y. County) Song Sparrow (regular nester in New York City, perhaps even a few still passing thru, but late now for any to get to most breeding areas) Lincoln's Sparrow (multiple, & in fair numbers on passage now) Swamp Sparrow (scarce now, but still some passing thru) White-throated Sparrow (only fair numbers, much reduced from earlier in May & poss. most have moved on; a common wintering species in many Manhattan locations) White-crowned Sparrow (multiple, some have been singing and in various locations scattered around Manhattan & its’ outlying N.Y. County isles) - Blue-winged Warbler (modest no’s. and many non-singers; females are more likely by now, & there can be odd probable-poss. hybrids of these with G-w. Warbler-cross found later into spring) “Brewster’s"-type [hybrid] Warbler (one, north woods, a.m. on 5/16, & singing a somewhat odd song which is a common situation with many of these crossed Blue-Golden “winged” warbler hybrids - this fitting the “Brewster’s” type in plumage) Tennessee Warbler (multiple on 5/16, with decent numbers singing well in early a.m.) Orange-crowned Warbler (one was reported & as ‘singing' from Central Park on 5/16) Nashville Warbler (some still singing on 5/16, thus males, but as with multiple warbler spp. now, many are females on passage) Northern Parula (many - minimum of several hundred passing in first 2-3 hours of 5/16, as seen in n.w. part of Central Park, & also found in multiple locations all around) Yellow Warbler (many - minimum of 80+++ on 5/16, & likely many more, as these were in some street trees, & odd locations for the day; a rather scarce breeder on Manhattan, also on outlying isles; much more regular as a breeder in all the other N.Y. City counties) Chestnut-sided Warbler (common now; many in Central Park on 5/16) Magnolia Warbler (very common - the biggest arrival so far of this species was on 5/16 in New York County, many singing as well) Cape May Warbler (still very good numbers, minimum of 20 in New York County on 5/16, with reports from many locations, & from a dozen+ areas in Central Park alone) Black-throated Blue Warbler (common, with females starting to equal bright singing males; sightings in many locations, some also in some Manhattan street trees) Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (not as common as Magnolia by now, but still somewhat more so than Blackpoll Warbler… whew!) Black-throated Green Warbler (still in very good numbers & with more females starting to appear) Blackburnian Warbler (decent numbers, more females & some 1st-year males are appearing too) Yellow-throated Warbler (at least one reliable report for Central Park’s north end, on 5/16, a singing male, near the Pool, West 100-103rd St. area) Pine Warbler (scarce now, but at least several in the huge movement of warblers on 5/16 in Manhattan) Prairie Warbler (fairly good numbers continue, & females also increasing lately) Bay-breasted Warbler (modest numbers, with small increase for 5/16 - worth a check of larger beech trees in some areas) Blackpoll Warbler (fairly strong numbers, but stll far from very common, and by far more males than females thus far this spring) Cerulean Warbler (one reported from Central Park, 5/16) Black-and-white Warbler (still in good numbers, with females predominant now, and perhaps also some first-year males recently) American Redstart (major arrival for 5/16, with many hundreds passing by in first 3+ hours of the morning, & far more all around; N.B., this a generally uncommon N.Y. City nester) Worm-eating Warbler (few, and likely some seen now are females, but still some singing males - N.B., this is a species that has expanded it’s breeding range northwards) SWAINSON’S Warbler (1 seen singing, 80+ total observers on morning of 5/16, Central Park; thanks to B. Van Doren for the discovery!!) Ovenbird (extremely common & widespread, likely many are females, but many males also continue; among the 5 most-common warbler species of 5/16, thru all of New York County) Northern Waterthrush (rather common, many singing, but also likely many females now passing through too) Louisiana Waterthrush (scarce now, this species expanding a bit northwards in the beeding range - & this is causing more to be seen a bit further into the spring than was so in the past) Kentucky Warbler (minimum of two individuals in Central Park on 5/16, one seen by several observers in the morning in the s.w. portion of the Ramble, one in north woods north of Blockhouse) Common Yellowthroat (very common indeed! - many hundreds passed thru in early hours of 5/16, and many are also about in all sorts of locations, some in odd spots as they continue to move - this is also one of the few regular breeders among warblers in N.Y. City) Hooded Warbler (at least several, likely more, on 5/16 - seen in Central Park at 3 or more distinct locations) Wilson's Warbler (excellent arrival on 5/16, with more than are typically seen all at once on passage - up to 20+ for Central Park alone, & more as well in multiple other locations) Canada Warbler (good additional arrival on 5/16, many singing) - Summer Tanager (there were several reports of this species for Manhattan on 5/16, at least 2 of them referred to as females; I don’t have any further details of these) Scarlet Tanager (multiple, a few were seen or heard from street trees, 5/16, & in the north end of Central Park alone, 15+ singing males were present on that morning, scattered areas, also found in many other locations, & many females also now) Northern Cardinal (fairly common breeder) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (modest numbers as many have moved thru, but still in at least the many dozens thru Manhattan on 5/16, and more females, also some first-year males passing thru) Indigo Bunting (very strong migration on 5/16, with 40+++ just in the first 3 hours of daylight, and multiples found in various location thru that day, also many females as well as singing males, & some with less-than-complete alternate/breeding plumage as is somewhat typical of this species in mid-May; this species is still expanding in range & perhaps in total population - tolerant of more habitat disturbance and human populations than are many other neotropical-wintering migrants, & thus a somewhat colorful reminder of our human impact on the overall environment) Bobolink (at least a few in the rush of movement on 5/16, passing thru, but also a couple in the small marsh at Randall’s Island later in the same day) Red-winged Blackbird (regular breeder in New York County, and even a few passage migrants, either first-year males or similar-looking females in flight) Common Grackle (fairly common, and widespread) Brown-headed Cowbird (moderate nunbers moving, as is typical with the big push of passerines in spring) Orchard Oriole (modest numbers, some may already be on territories, in the sparse locations where they attempt nesting in New York County; also some still likely on the move) Baltimore Oriole (very impressive early a.m. movement on 5/16, and some still seemed to be passing in afternoon hours, as well as the numbers that will stay & nest in N.Y. County; many females and 1st-year males and females in this interesting icterid, which often employs communal-family nest-helpers amongst its own) Purple Finch (multiple, and more poss. passing early on 5/16, “lost” in the mix of other passage species, but also some lingering longer; both sexes present & often rather vocal, but also may be quite unobtrusive when silent, even if nearby and actively feeding high in trees.) House Finch (common in select areas) American Goldfinch (fairly common and moving, as well as some potential breeders, not nesting yet however, & many could still move on this spring) Evening Grosbeak (at least 2 individuas continued on 5/16 in the Central Park Ramble, but easily “lost” them, esp. as word of a certain very-rare-in-NYS warbler got around!!!) House Sparrow (ubiquitous and sadly pestiferous as they usurp native species nesting & food sources) -- An American Bittern was well-described, seen as an early a.m. fly-by, from Central Park on Wed., 5/15, as reported by M. Klein. — A rather belated note, & extralimital to N.Y. but on 4 May, 2019 a Zone-tailed Hawk was photographed in southwestern Maine; a first state-record if accepted by their records committee. Makes one realize that it can be worth looking more often at those Turkey Vultures, and seeing if “something here is not like the others”…[!] And also, just what other states did that hawk travel thru - on its way TO Maine? --- "Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. 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