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April 18, 2026 by Dave Bonta

Mid-morning and the sun-soaked woods erupt with overlapping wild turkey gobbles, one tom getting gobbled up—so to speak—by another. They sound close, but the tiny leaves are already enough cover to hide in.

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On This Day

  • July 30, 2025
    Clear and still at sunrise, with a sheen of dew on the meadow. A screech owl trills in the distance, nearly drowned out by goldfinches.
  • July 30, 2024
    A white sky with a bright gash of sun. The red-eyed vireo falls silent, leaving only two crickets, one who chirps and one who trills. Then, inevitably, the wren.
  • July 30, 2023
    Clear and cool. A migrant wood thrush calls softly at first light. It’s very still. Then the wrens wake up.
  • July 30, 2022
    Cool and crystal-clear. A wood thrush sings as if it’s still nesting season. The western ridge turns red.
  • July 30, 2021
    Breezy and cool. A female hummingbird zooms back and forth between the bergamot patch and the hillside treetops already aglow in the sun.

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