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Single quote from poem "Audubon Aviary" by Stanley Plumly, from his book "Still Missing the Jays." Stanley Plumly (May 23, 1939 to April 11, 2019) was an American poet and the director of University of Maryland, College Park's creative writing program. (Wikipedia) This poem was inspired in part by his bird poetry.

Blue jays are considered songbirds, but their vocalization most often considered a song is the "whisper song," a soft, quiet conglomeration of clicks, chucks, whirrs, whines, liquid notes, and elements of other calls; a singing bout may last longer than 2 minutes. Blue Jays frequently mimic hawks, especially Red-shouldered Hawks. Source: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/sounds#

Irascible=easily angered or irritable.

Bob Hope, an American comedian and actor 1903-2003. He could also sing, but he was more likely to sing a closing song called "Thanks for the Memories." He would sing duets with Bing Crosby and others, but he rarely sang solos other than his signature song. In my opinion, his singing would be like talking, or recitative, with one note per syllable.

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