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Dave Bonta September 27, 2024

Fog that lasts for hours, blurring the lines between night and day, and between sky and ground for night-flying migrants now foraging all along the woods’ edge—a cloud full of food.

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Posted in Plummer's Hollow
Tagged clouds, fog, sunrise
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