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  • For a moment the dainty brown spadebill sits dazed on her palm, heart pumping furiously, and I have time to wonder about its future.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Platyrinchus saturatus cinnamon-crested spadebill, 497–98

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • For a moment the dainty brown spadebill sits dazed on her palm, heart pumping furiously, and I have time to wonder about its future.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Platyrinchus saturatus cinnamon-crested spadebill, 497–98

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • At a glance she and Summer both know it’s a cinnamon-crested spadebill, Platyrinchus saturatus, of the Tyrannidae family.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • At a glance she and Summer both know it’s a cinnamon-crested spadebill, Platyrinchus saturatus, of the Tyrannidae family.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

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