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April 15, 2013June 29, 2010 by Dave Bonta

Commotion from the Cooper’s hawks just inside the woods. One darts out and flies across the field: sleek missile body, thin blades of wings.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags Cooper's hawk, hawks
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