Have you ever heard an agitated “squeaky-toy” sound in the pines?
Sort of like if your Labrador retriever puppy recently discovered it could repeatedly make a delightful sound by chomping a blue plastic hedgehog or a rubber ducky, and the pup has just learned how to climb to the top of a pine tree?
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