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Sunday May 30, 2010

Dave Bonta May 30, 2010

A rose-breasted grosbeak flutters up from the creek singing clear, cool notes. A cranefly drifts through a sunbeam, carrying its legs.

Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged cranefly, rose-breasted grosbeak, stream
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