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Dave Bonta November 14, 2008

Thick fog prolongs the dawn light for hours. A screech owl is answered by a pileated woodpecker, dirge giving way to second-line ululation.

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Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged fog, pileated woodpecker, screech owl
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