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And the sprawling grass fields that were recently home to dozens of tailgate parties now hold hundreds of tiny pup tents.

Last Friday afternoon saw several people camped out — including professional line sitters with pup tents — for a chance to see the tail end of the historic proceedings up close and personal.

They included professional line sitters with pup tents — and Richard Partington, 43, of East Hampton, New York, sitting on the hard pavement with a sleeping bag, pillow and blanket plus a journal to write in.

Overwhelmed by the number of ailing birds, the wildlife center has been erecting pup tents to use as pens, she said.

This time the tents — larger than pup tents but not tall enough to stand in — were secured on wooden platforms to raise them above the asphalt.