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Dave Bonta December 21, 2021

Solstice, and the ground is white with frost. The stream has subsided to the quietest of gurgles. Assorted chirps from sparrows and the inevitable wren.

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Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged Carolina wren, frost, solstice, stream
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