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Sunday September 22, 2013

Dave Bonta September 22, 2013

The hornets stream in and out of their hole in the garden, departing to the south, returning from the east. A towhee calling in the dogwood.

Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged garden, hornet, silky dogwood, towhee, yellowjacket
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