Thanks Val! I hope that you are right that both are Lois Choice. If they are, I would like to separate the crown and root of the orange circled one from the root and grow it separately. I like to plant it separately to see if this piece of crown proves to be a better bloomer than the blue circled part of the crown growth. Ever since i planted this peony, I never got more than 3 good blooms in any year.
I am so sorry that you have to deal with such destructive birds. I would be so upset to find such broken stems in my garden. Hope that they have moved on to some other places and away from your garden for this year.