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Thursday April 16, 2015

Dave Bonta April 16, 2015

Two wild turkeys cross the road into the woods, their dark feathers shining in the sun as they disappear into the equally lustrous laurel.

Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged mountain laurel, wild turkey
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