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February 20, 2020 by Dave Bonta

Palefaced sky with its one glowing orifice. The woodpeckers are busy with surgeries, removing delicious infestations from limb after limb.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags downy woodpecker, pileated woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker
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