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A yellow-chested bird watches me begin the hike up the steep hill above Bluejay Mine

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4256-bird.jpg I take a look into the old entrance to the Bluejay Mine before I start climbing up the hillThumbnailsMy first stop on the way up the hill is the upper shaft opening to the Bluejay MineI take a look into the old entrance to the Bluejay Mine before I start climbing up the hillThumbnailsMy first stop on the way up the hill is the upper shaft opening to the Bluejay MineI take a look into the old entrance to the Bluejay Mine before I start climbing up the hillThumbnailsMy first stop on the way up the hill is the upper shaft opening to the Bluejay MineI take a look into the old entrance to the Bluejay Mine before I start climbing up the hillThumbnailsMy first stop on the way up the hill is the upper shaft opening to the Bluejay MineI take a look into the old entrance to the Bluejay Mine before I start climbing up the hillThumbnailsMy first stop on the way up the hill is the upper shaft opening to the Bluejay Mine

The branches of the tree may have burned during the 2005 brush fires here, but they still provide a nice perch.