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December 25, 2022 by Dave Bonta

A fresh skin of snow on top of the crust and the deepest day-time silence of the year. I listen to the quiet tapping of a downy woodpecker halfway up the ridge.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags downy woodpecker, snow
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