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In blue hat and blue shirt, 80-year-old Dick Purvis observes bluebirds hovering near the boxes he has placed in trees at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. Purvis and a large group of volunteers are placing boxes in trees throughout Orange County to help repopulate the birds.

Bluebird - Dick Purvis

( Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times )

In blue hat and blue shirt, 80-year-old Dick Purvis observes bluebirds hovering near the boxes he has placed in trees at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. Purvis and a large group of volunteers are placing boxes in trees throughout Orange County to help repopulate the birds.

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