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December 8, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Cloudy and cold, but the chickadees, titmice, juncos and finches are carrying on as if they were seeing these trees for the very first time.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags chickadee, juncos, tufted titmouse
December 5, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Juncos gather on the gravel driveway, replenishing their gizzards with grit. Up and down the big maple, it’s squirrel kabuki, love and war.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags gray squirrel, juncos, white-breasted nuthatch
November 19, 2012November 19, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Clear sky, and the meadow white with frost: an almost-winter morning. Juncos forage at the edge of the woods, wings flashing in the sun.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags juncos
October 24, 2008 by Dave Bonta

A small buck wanders past, the gray-brown gleam of a November woods already in his antlers. Snowbirds in the cherry tree, their soft calls.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags cherry tree, juncos
April 18, 2008 by Dave Bonta

Still cloudless, but the light lacks the crystal-clarity of previous mornings. Juncos all a-twitter, perhaps feeling the pull of the north.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags juncos
December 23, 2007 by Dave Bonta

Thick fog at dawn, gray against the snow. Slate-colored juncos call back and forth: Where are you? A wind comes up.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags fog, juncos
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