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Thursday April 25, 2019

Dave Bonta April 25, 2019

Heavy clouds, but only a few drops fall. A mourning dove and a red-bellied woodpecker go over and over their opposing points of view.

Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged clouds, mourning doves, rain, red-bellied woodpecker
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