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February 4, 2025 by Dave Bonta

A gray sunrise, signalled only by the yelling of crows. After yesterday’s warmth, the ground is more brown than white. The wind picks up, clattering through the treetops.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags American crow, clouds, snow, sunrise, wind
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On This Day

  • July 7, 2025
    The plaintive cries of what sounds like a fledgling crow up in the woods accompany the awkward sorties of a fledgling phoebe, beak snapping on a missed insect. Blue sky appears.
  • July 7, 2024
    Clear and blessedly cool as sunlight floods the treetops. A distant siren. The incessant chatter of goldfinches.
  • July 7, 2023
    A foggy sunrise. The catbird circles the house, mimicking the Carolina wren on double speed.
  • July 7, 2022
    Clear sky, sun in the treetops… “Cloudy conditions will continue all day,” my phone admonishes. The big tulip tree releases a yellow leaf.
  • July 7, 2021
    The dawn chorus is full of silences now. My leg and I are playing another exciting game of Name that Rash: Chiggers? Poison ivy? No-see-ums?

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