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Video: It's Finally Spring, So Birds Are Literally Dancing Over The Subway
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 30, 2013
Modified Mar 30, 2013
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We did it you guys: through sheer force of will and superhuman patience, we've finally crossed winter's threshold into spring. No more snow days, no more stilettos in slush, no more winter vomiting disease. It's going to be over 60 degrees this week, damnit. This is cause for celebration—which is exactly what the birds in the video below seem to be doing. First watch as they dance in the early evening skies over the L Train at Broadway Junction—then go outside, take off your shoes, and frolic like a nunchuck-wielding grampa.
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